Users Resolution

Adamthenewbie

Is there any way to get the users resolution using PHP rather then JavaScript?

devinemke

mine was to quit smoking and exercise more, but i don't see how PHP nor javascript could determine that.😃

jazappi

I am pretty sure there isn't a way using php to get a users screen resolution.

MaxD

I'd have to agree jazzapi, I searched through the manual because I thought I might have been part of a predefined variable, but that was a no go.

why don't you want to use JavaScript. The code that'll give you a browser resolution is pretty cross-platform compatible, you could slip it into a $_POST and nobody would be the wiser!

leatherback

Hi,

google: http header resolution php

results in:

Question :
Can I get the screen resolution and like with php?
Answer :
The quick answer is no, then you are probably asking why can't I do that with php. OK here is a longer answer. PHP is a serverside scripting language and therefor has nothing to do with the type of a specific client. Then you might ask "why can I then get the browser agent from php?", thats because that information is sent with the initial HTTP headers upon requst to the server. So if you want client information that's not sent with the HTTP header you must you a client scripting language like javascript, a good ressource is found below.

http://www.developer.irt.org/script/script.htm

IS you are to be using javascript, be aware that not everybody will allow javascript to be run. Better is to program you site independent of screen-size, and use relative sizes / positioning, using e.g., CSS

Roger_Ramjet

And remember, even with CSS, if you are dependent on the users default font size, they can change this independent of their screen resolution - often without realising they have.

MaxD

and then there's always <DIV align="center"></DIV>

Weedpacket

And Google. If Google can't read your page you're in trouble!

Roger_Ramjet

Is that irony I see creaping into this thread, or just plain old sarcasm?

yelvington

If you really must know the resolution of the user's display, write a separate script that accepts the value as a CGI-style (GET) argument, writes it into a database or session variable, and delivers up a clear 1x1 pixel graphic. Then, in your pages, embed a reference to that graphic script URI using Javascript document.write, which has access to the information you require and can pass it to the script.

The resolution won't be available on the first pageview, but should be available going forward.

Essentially this is the technique used by all modern Web metrics systems.

Weedpacket

Originally posted by yelvington
Essentially this is the technique used by all modern Web metrics systems.

Unfortunately, the OP specifically said not to use Javascript. Bummer, eh? So the moral of the story is still that you shouldn't need the user's resolution. Sheesh - I've been known to change that mid-page!