If you're using linux, you can try to execute this from the command line: hdparm -i [device]
to get, among other things, the serial number of a hard drive. You can then extract it with a simple regular expression. Marco -- ------------ php|architect - The magazine for PHP Professionals The first monthly worldwide magazine dedicated to PHP programmers Check us out on the web at http://www.phparch.com On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 09:38, John W. Holmes wrote: > > Is there a way i can test the cpu or the hdd for its serial number in > php > > under linux and win? > > Can you do it from the command line? Run the same command through > exec(). You can only get information for the server, not anything about > the client's computer, btw... > > ---John Holmes... > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
