How to detect IE7 AND IE6 IN PHP?

phpseeker

The CSS rules are not exactly same in IE7 AND IE6, I have to load different CSS files for IE7 AND IE6, but how can I detect IE7 AND IE6 in PHP(NOT JAVASCRIPT)?

Thanks!

cahva

You can use conditional comments also to specify extra css to IE 7 or 6:

<!--[if IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="IE7styles.css" /><![endif]-->

In PHP theres a function get_browser() that you can use to determine what browser the user has.

NogDog

Just note that get_browser() and similar server-side functions depend upon the browser sending the requisite information in the HTTP request, and all such information is (a) optional and (b) not guaranteed to be accurate. I would therefore opt for cahva's conditional comment suggestion in the actual HTML, and let the browser take the responsibility for loading the applicable stylesheet.

phpseeker

cahva wrote:
You can use conditional comments also to specify extra css to IE 7 or 6:
  
In PHP theres a function get_browser() that you can use to determine what browser the user has.

is better choice!

Thank you!

laserlight

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Thatgrafix

I developed a free PHP script to detect IE6 , throw an xhtml/css alert informing end user that they are using an out dated browser, offer up an upgrade link, and an option to hide the alert. Very easy to use and free. Just thought I would note it here. 🙂

Download it Here

Yur4Y

I use:

$IE6 = (ereg('MSIE 6',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) ? true : false;

and similar for IE7. It works well for me 🙂

bradgrafelman

Yur4Y;10894305 wrote:
I use:
$IE6 = (ereg('MSIE 6',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) ? true : false;
and similar for IE7. It works well for me 🙂

Except that will give you a false positive for many, many browsers that contain the string "compatible; MSIE 6.0;". Also note that the ereg*() functions have long since been deprecated.