I usually do this by forcing the profile to be read before I 
run the script. Something like

  * * * * * . /etc/profile && /path/to/script


> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 17:43:09 +0530
> From: Venkat Venkataraju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] FQDN of the server thru CLI
> 
> Hi All
> 
> I'm writing a bunch of cron scripts that send reports periodically using 
> phpmailer.
> 
> I'm having a hard time trying to find the FQDN of the server. I need 
> that information to construct the from address for the emails.
> 
> The $_ENV['HOSTNAME'] works only if the script is executed manually. the 
> cron does not pass the HOSTNAME env variable to the scripts.
> 
> When executed from the CLI, the $_SERVER['HOSTNAME'] does not have the 
> fqdn, but just the hostname part of the FQDN.
> 
> Unless i hard code the corntab file with
> HOSTNAME=fqdn
> 
> i do not want to hardcode the hostname anywhere as these script will be 
> copied onto many servers. is there a way i can find the fully qualified 
> domain name thru PHP?
> 
> Thanks
> /V
> 
> 

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