Browser plugin detection - how to pass JS vars to PHP?

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I’m using this script provided by Apple to detect if browser plugins are available and what the plugin description is (version number etc). I need to pass the final vars to a php file on a test server.

  1. I’ve tweaked the script to return [COLOR=Blue]navigator.plugins.description [/COLOR]in FF, but can’t get the description part to show for IE, any idea how to do this with JS or VB?

  2. Do activeX contols have a description? if so, how are they accessed?

  3. Assuming I can get all the above data assigned to a single JS var, how can I pass this var to an external PHP file for DB storage?

Any suitable links / help would be appreciated,

Thanks for reading,
Pablo

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The easiest way would be to take the information and structure it into a query string, and then have a php file use the $_GET superglobals array to get the information. You could also POST the data and then use the $_POST superglobal.