OS Detection then Show Image

MovieAt

OK, so I want users to see an image of a software. But there is 2 versions of the software.

Mac and Windows. I also need a link linking to the download from the image. Now, I already got a code from showif.com, but there seems to be some problems...

Since I don't have a Mac. I can't see if the Mac image is there or not, so it'll be great if someone can do that for me. Anyhow, I could only see the Windows image + the link, but when I scroll down I see the Mac image and some code hanging.

Can someone help me? And it'll be great if someone could also continue the code by adding it to display only once per browser session or something.

Here's the code:
<?php
//this function takes as parameter HTTP_USER_AGENT and returns name of the operation system or 'other' if the system is not in the list
function get_os($user_agent) {
$oses = array ( 'windows' => '(Windows)|(Win)',
'linux'=>'(Linux)|(X11)',
'macintosh'=>'(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)');
foreach($oses as $os=>$pattern) {
if (eregi($pattern, $user_agent))
return $os; }
return 'other';
}

$system=get_os($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
if (($system=='windows'))
eval('?><a href="http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayerInstaller.exe"><img src="http://stagevu.com/img/forwindows.gif"></a>
<?');

else
eval('?><a href="http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayer.dmg"><img src="http://stagevu.com/img/formac.gif"></a>
<?');

I'm not sure if I can use html in eval()?
And why is the eval tag different?

MovieAt

bump

dagon

That code is terrible, find something else, write something else. And don't bump.

MovieAt

dagon;10933946 wrote:
That code is terrible, find something else, write something else. And don't bump.

Can you help me write a code.

Only between Mac and Windows. Please?

Thanks

dagon

don't use ereg its deprecated, don't use eval, there's absolutely no need for it, change those and post if you have a problem.

MovieAt

There's one big problem: I'm a noob at php. I'm what you say, a cut and paster, editting only minimal details...

So yea...I can't write codes in php

dagon

learn, or hire some one.

MovieAt

so can you help me? you're pretty experienced

jexx

does this help ??
http://www.geekpedia.com/code47_Detect-operating-system-from-user-agent-string.html

MovieAt

thanks, but how do i adapt that for my purposes?

scrupul0us

function get_OS($user_agent)
{
    $other = ''; //link for unknown OS
    $linux = ''; //link for linux installer   

    $windows = '<a href="http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayerInstaller.exe"><img src="http://stagevu.com/img/forwindows.gif"></a>';
    $mac = '<a href="http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayer.dmg"><img src="http://stagevu.com/img/formac.gif"></a>';

//SINCE THE OS IS NEVER FIRST IN THE STRING RETURNING THE 0TH POSITION
//AND A FALSE NEGATIVE SHOULD BE OF NO CONCERN TO US IN USING STRIPOS

switch (TRUE)
{
case stripos($user_agent,'linux'):
    return $linux;
    break;
case stripos($user_agent,'x11'):
    return $linux;
    break;
case stripos($user_agent,'win'):
    return $windows;
    break;
case stripos($user_agent,'windows'):
    return $windows;
    break;
case stripos($user_agent,'mac_powerpc'):
    return $mac;
    break;
case stripos($user_agent,'macintosh'):
    return $mac;
    break; 
default:
    return $other;
}
}

echo get_OS($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

MovieAt

ERROR CODE:

//SINCE THE OS IS NEVER FIRST IN THE STRING RETURNING THE 0TH POSITION //AND A FALSE NEGATIVE SHOULD BE OF NO CONCERN TO US IN USING STRIPOS switch (TRUE) { case stripos($user_agent,'linux'): return $linux; break; case stripos($user_agent,'x11'): return $linux; break; case stripos($user_agent,'win'): return $windows; break; case stripos($user_agent,'windows'): return $windows; break; case stripos($user_agent,'mac_powerpc'): return $mac; break; case stripos($user_agent,'macintosh'): return $mac; break; default: return $other; } } echo get_OS($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']); ?>

CODE USED:

<?php
function get_OS($user_agent)
{
$other = ''; //link for unknown OS
$linux = ''; //link for linux installer

$windows = '<a href="http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayerInstaller.exe"><img src="http://stagevu.com/img/forwindows.gif"></a>';
$mac = '<a href="http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayer.dmg"><img src="http://stagevu.com/img/formac.gif"></a>';

//SINCE THE OS IS NEVER FIRST IN THE STRING RETURNING THE 0TH POSITION 
//AND A FALSE NEGATIVE SHOULD BE OF NO CONCERN TO US IN USING STRIPOS 

switch (TRUE) 
{ 
case stripos($user_agent,'linux'): 
    return $linux; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'x11'): 
    return $linux; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'win'): 
    return $windows; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'windows'): 
    return $windows; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'mac_powerpc'): 
    return $mac; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'macintosh'): 
    return $mac; 
    break; 
default: 
    return $other; 
}

}

echo get_OS($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
?>

NOTE: I'M EMBEDDING THIS PHP CODE IN AN HTML PAGE!

MovieAt

I can't seem to edit the above post so:

Sorry for double-posting.

Anyways, IT Does Show The IMAGE though.

Weedpacket

Please use the formatting tags described in the FAQ when posting; thank you.

Anyhow, that's not an error message, that's your code. Are you sure PHP's even running your script?

MovieAt

That's not my code, what it should show is either a mac image and link for the mac and a windows image and link for windows. It should be only one and have no other text

Weedpacket

All right, let me rephrase.

That's not the error message, that's the PHP code. Are you sure that the script is even being run?

My guess is that it's not and that if you looked at the source code of the page in the browser you'll find that the server never bothered to send it to PHP to get processed before serving it.

MovieAt

Weedpacket;10934341 wrote:
All right, let me rephrase.

That's not the error message, that's the PHP code. Are you sure that the script is even being run?

My guess is that it's not and that if you looked at the source code of the page in the browser you'll find that the server never bothered to send it to PHP to get processed before serving it.

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<img src="http://stagevu.com/img/forwindows.gif"></a>'; 
    $mac = '<a href="http://download.divx.com/player/DivXWebPlayer.dmg"><img src="http://stagevu.com/img/formac.gif"></a>'; 

//SINCE THE OS IS NEVER FIRST IN THE STRING RETURNING THE 0TH POSITION 
//AND A FALSE NEGATIVE SHOULD BE OF NO CONCERN TO US IN USING STRIPOS 

switch (TRUE) 
{ 
case stripos($user_agent,'linux'): 
    return $linux; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'x11'): 
    return $linux; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'win'): 
    return $windows; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'windows'): 
    return $windows; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'mac_powerpc'): 
    return $mac; 
    break; 
case stripos($user_agent,'macintosh'): 
    return $mac; 
    break; 
default: 
    return $other; 
} 
} 

echo get_OS($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
?>

</body>
</html>

MovieAt

bump, sorry this is really important