Posted by Adrienne on 07/09/05 11:54

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Dan Blather" <gimme@shelter.com>
writing in news:5_Eze.124645$tt5.96061@edtnps90:

> Hi,
>
> i'm useing 2 servers to host my site, one is a "backup" in case the
> other fails, or to handle overflow bandwidth.
> I want to create a little ID tag to implant at the bottom of my home
> page to let me know which server I am logging in to with my browser.
>
> i thought that using php or javascript i could create a simple little
> "document.write" statment, ID'ing the server that I could call from the
> bottom of the web-page, either with a simple <script src ...>
> javascript tag. I tried it with Javascript, but I got a bizarre
> message "code corrupted. Insert fresh copy" written into the bottom of
> the web page (which I have NEVER gotten using Javascript before,
> usually the browser debugger does the reporting!)

You actually want server side, not client side, and you want to look at the
server collection, specifically SERVER_NAME.

<?php echo $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] ?>

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Adrienne Boswell
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