browser select code

insanityonline

hi. this is relating to PHP. i have a template and i want to customize it. is there a php script i can embed in the HTML or PHP file that will get the user's browser then open the browser specific page. for example. they open the index page, it gets the user is using Opera, then the script opens the index_opera.html or index_opera.php. is there such a script? please help...

drew010

yeah you could it with javascript as well.
this is pulled from w3schools.com

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function redirectme()
{
bname=navigator.appName
if (bname.indexOf("Netscape")!=-1)
	{
	window.location="tryjs_netscape.htm"
	return
	}
if (bname.indexOf("Microsoft")!=-1)
	{
	window.location="tryjs_microsoft.htm"
	return
	}
window.location="tryjs_other.htm"
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="redirectme()">
</body>
</html>

if you want to do it with php then you will have to put the code at the very top of the page before you output any other code.

<?php
if (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], "Microsoft")) {
    header("Location: iepage.php");
} elseif (strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], "Netscape")) {
    header("Location: netscape.php");
} else {
    header("Location: other.php");
}
?>

insanityonline

yeah, thanks. that code works in all but... for opera, it goes to the ie browser page. i replace Microsoft w/ Opera and changed the page. is this right?

drew010

you can add as many elseif's in as you want for different browsers, I just put the two in as a template you can work with.

insanityonline

ahhh yes i got that but what im saying is i copied it, added a browser line. but, i replaced Microsoft to Opera and the page to index_opera.html but it went to the ieindex.html.

drew010

will you post the new code you are using so i can see?

insanityonline

<html>
<head>  

<script type="text/javascript">  

function redirectme()  

{  bname=navigator.appName  

if (bname.indexOf("Netscape")!=-1)  

     {  

     window.location="net_index.htm"  

     return  

     }  

if (bname.indexOf("Microsoft")!=-1)  

     {  

     window.location="msft_index.htm"  

    return  

     }  

if (bname.indexOf("Opera")!=-1)  

     {  

     window.location="opera_index.htm"  

     return  

     }  

window.location="tryjs_other.htm"  

}  

</script>
</head>
<body onload="redirectme()">  

</body>  

</html>

onion2k

Opera's default user agent is set for it to pretend to be IE.