getting user name of a system using php or javascript

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Hi, i need php or js code to get the username of logged in user of the system. when we hit the url of the code it should take the username from the system and display it on web page.
Thanks & regards
kavin

Posted 20-Feb-13 21:52pm

kavinsp

Updated 20-Feb-13 23:11pm

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enhzflep 21-Feb-13 4:13am

What did google tell you when you asked it? (you can't get this info with either of those, btw)

Bala Selvanayagam 21-Feb-13 5:18am

When you say username, are you referring to the username of the server under which the web server is running ?

kavinsp 21-Feb-13 7:53am

No.. client machine user name

Sandeep Mewara 21-Feb-13 11:51am

Did you try anything?

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BrianHamilton · Answer 1 · 2013-02-21T09:03:00

The following will work, but probably only on IE (with an appropriate ActiveX warning)

<html>
<head>
    <script language="javascript">
        function GetUserName()
        {
            var wshell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
            alert(wshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%"));
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body onload="GetUserName();">
</body>
</html>