Simple php browser detection

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Hello, I’m writing about how to use php browser detection to have css php files that are completely dynamic getting rid of the need to have almost any hacks. However, I need a VERY simple php script that’ll detect simply the browser, version number, and os of a client. I don’t want to use somebody’s script that I find from google because I’m going to be redistributing this to other people, and that’s why I’m looking for help. The problem is that the $_SEVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’] detects it as an entire string rather than just the browser type and other properties I need individually. I found got_browser but that doesn’t work without the browscap.ini file already installed in php, which isn’t an option for most people.

Can anybody please please help me find a simple way to test the browser?

Thanks,
Jeff :frowning:

2

otherwise can somebody help me get the code out of http://phpsniff.sourceforge.net/ that I need, I couldn’t get it to work :frowning:

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otherwise can somebody help me get the code out of http://phpsniff.sourceforge.net/ that I need, I couldn’t get it to work

4

It won’t work as well as you might think. But here is an article that might help:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000821.php3?page=2

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I saw that, but I was just looking for browser detection, and the shortest possible method, that seems a bit excessive

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anybody?

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$browser = get_browser();
if ( $browser->browser == "IE" )
{
print ("Hellow You have IE");
}
if ( $browser->browser == "NS" )
{
print ("Hellow You have Netscape")
}
if ( $browser->browser == "FX" )
{
print ("OMG, FIREFOX, YOU THE MAN!! WAY TO GO!")
}

these are the shortcuts I know…

FireFox FX
Netscape NS
Mozilla MZ
Opera OP
microsoft internet explorer IE
galeon GA
phoenix PX
mozilla firebird FB
firebird FB
icab IC
lynx LX
links LI
8

I found that but whenever I use getbrowser it comes up with an error about the browscap ini directive not set, so I downloaded the php_browscap.ini file, and tried making a folder called extras in my php folder and linking to it both as extras/php_browscap.ini and C:\php\extras\php_browscap.ini. I have no clue on why I can’t get this function to work…

btw: nice example :slight_smile:

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got the function to work now, but whenever I try your example it is just blank, but when I use php’s documentation’s example it works, I’ll play with it and hopefully get it :slight_smile: