Browser detection script/programme

wapchimp

Hi everyone.

Is there any script or programme I can install to record what browsers are visting my site? I would use this so I could cater for each browser and then to re-direct them to relevent content.

Also if anyone knows a decent php browser detection script (and how I add it), it would be appreciated.

Thanks 😃

LordShryku

$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']
http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.server

wapchimp

Sorry I forgot to mention that I'm new to php and if I see the code in whole I will understand it alot better that strugling to put together my own. Which I have been doing, but with constant errors. Thanks

silent

Here's a tiny snippet to get you started (you will have to look up the various browser codes yourself)

function browser_detect() {
  if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],'MSIE') !== false) {
    return 'IE';
  } else if //go on from here
}

Hope it helps you out

wapchimp

I have this but I am getting errors:

$ok = "http://www.wapchimp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/t610lite.htm";
$bad = "http://www.wapchimp.com/web";

$Browser = $HTTP_USER_AGENT;
$BrowserSplit = explode("/", $HTTP_USER_AGENT);
$Machine = $BrowserSplit[0];

if($Machine == "Opera" || $Machine == "Mozilla") {
header("location: $bad");
}
else {
header("location: $ok");
}

silent

Can you post the errors?

silent

BTW - if you are checking for the presence of the word Mozilla,
it is present in IE as well.
For instance, I am using IE 6.0 right now, and here's the string :
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; yie6_SBC)

So the best way to find out if it's IE would be to do what
I posted (check for MSIE in the string)

silent

Originally posted by wapchimp
I have this but I am getting errors:

$ok = "http://www.wapchimp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/t610lite.htm";
$bad = "http://www.wapchimp.com/web";

$Browser = $HTTP_USER_AGENT;
$BrowserSplit = explode("/", $HTTP_USER_AGENT);
$Machine = $BrowserSplit[0];

if($Machine == "Opera" || $Machine == "Mozilla") {
header("location: $bad");
}
else {
header("location: $ok");
}

If you are using a newer version of PHP, I don't think $HTTP_USER_AGENT works. Use $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] or $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['HTTP_USER_AGENT']

Like I said, this code works :

function getBrowser() {
  if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],'MSIE') !== false) {
	return 'IE';
  } else if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],'Gecko') !== false) {
    return 'Mozilla/Firefox';
  }
}

So then you would just do :

if(getBrowser() == 'IE') { header("Location: $good\n"); } else
{ header("Location: $bad\n"); }

wapchimp

So would I type:

$good = "http://www.wapchimp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/t610lite.htm";
$bad = "http://www.wapchimp.com/web";

if(getBrowser() == 'IE') { header("Location: $good\n"); } else
{ header("Location: $bad\n"); }

silent

Originally posted by wapchimp
So would I type:

$good = "http://www.wapchimp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/t610lite.htm";
$bad = "http://www.wapchimp.com/web";

if(getBrowser() == 'IE') { header("Location: $good\n"); } else
{ header("Location: $bad\n"); }

Yeah, that's it!
I hope this helps you.
If you have any more questions, just post some more 🙂

jim_keller

The best script I've found for browser sniffing is roger raymond's phpSniff Class, which I have here:

http://jim.centerfuse.net/php_mp3_stream/phpSniff.tar.gz

Jim Keller
http://jim.centerfuse.net/projects/