i'm new to all this is this possible?

phill2003

i got this from some php place..

$browser = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_USER_AGENT"];

$host = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTP_REFERER"];

these give me massive great reams of stuff like

mozzilla/blah/bla/blah/lotsmorestuff

and http://blah.com/folder/folder/script.php

can i cut them off so they would show

internet explorer

and

www.blah.com

only, so i dont get the massive amounts of blah at the end..

thanks for any help

phill

planetsim

Ive never seen anyone able to do it, but that doesnt say it hasnt been done or its impossible to be done.

However it would be very hard.

So an alternative is the browser functions, i think thats located in the Miscenllaneous section of the manual, you'll need a browsercap file though

Thora_Fan

Dunno about the first one, but for the referer one, try

$URL = parse_url($_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"]);
$domainName = $URL["host"];

Haven't tried it, but it should work for you.

Also, just a word to the wise, unless you are using PHP3, it's generally suggested to use $_SERVER instead of $HTTP_SERVER_VARS. Same goes for $HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_GET_VARS, and others.

Go here for more information: http://us4.php.net/reserved.variables

AVANT

Try the get_browser() function

<?php
echo $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] . "<hr />\n";

$browser = get_browser();

$browsershort = $browser[browser_name_pattern:];

echo $browsershort;
}

?>

I don't know if it'll work, but worth a shot.