get_browser() issues

[stew]

print_r(get_browser(null,true));

prints nothing...

i have just got my host to restart the server after having set the browscap ini directive - but now there is no errors, nor an array being returned!

anyone have any ideas about the source of this problem?

[bpat1434]

Here's something:

The information is returned in an object, which will contain various data elements representing, for instance, the browser's major and minor version numbers and ID string;

Read the manual...

~Brett

[stew]

thanks, that was very helpful!

i've read the manual (twice) and the php code that i quote is copied directly from the manual. so, assuming the manual is right, then the code quoted should print the browsers detail.... but it doesn't!

can anyone give me some constructive suggestions.....

[Weedpacket]

Do you have a browscap file? Is it up to date? Have you checked phpinfo to see if it is using the correct path to the browscap file? Does the server need restarting?

[madwormer2]

Dude, he said:

i have just got my host to restart the server after having set the browscap ini directive

[stew]

i guess the file could be out of date.... or empty even?

i dont have shell access to check any of those, but php_info() says that browscap is set to extras/browscap.ini.

[bpat1434]

I would ask your host where he got his browscap.ini file from. Here's some info from the one I'm using:

;;; Provided courtesy of http://www.GaryKeith.com
;;; Created on October 9, 2005 at 2:15:47 PM UTC
;;; PHP_browscap.ini is a special version of browscap.ini for PHP
;;; Rename the file to browscap.ini prior to installation

I would ask them to update that, and then restart the server again.

~Brett