Best way to get hostname with php

Question

I have a php application that is installed on several servers and all of our developers laptops. I need a fast and reliable way to get the server\'s hostname or some other

Answer 1

The accepted answer gethostname() may infact give you inaccurate value as in my case

gethostname()         = my-macbook-pro     (incorrect)
$_SERVER['host_name'] = mysite.git         (correct)

The value from gethostname() is obvsiously wrong. Be careful with it.

Update as corrected by the comment

Host name gives you computer name, not website name, my bad. My result on local machine is

gethostname()         = my-macbook-pro     (which is my machine name)
$_SERVER['host_name'] = mysite.git         (which is my website name)