browser & version detect

[Fife Club]

Hi everybody. I was wondering if somebody could help me out. I don't know diddly squat about php except for echo and print and to always put a \ before a quote. I'm working on a page that absolutely needs absolute positioning (css) but I've learned that some browsers just screw it up so bad that I need a completely separate code to use for those browsers. What I'm looking for it the php code (or other language) that will determine the browser type and version and print different code depending on what it is. I've searched thru hundreds of old posts but either they're not quite what I need or there's 20 different ways to do it (javascript, browser.ini, get browser, etc) so I don't know which way to go.

What I need (in english) is:

If MSIE 5 or higher or NS6 or higher then "print this code"
// that's for the browsers that can handle my preferred code

Else "print alternate safe code"
// this is for lower versions or NS and IE that can't handle my preferred code including all alternate browsers (opera, etc) because I'm just don't want to make it that complicated.

(I suppose it's possible to list allowed browsers/versions in a variable but I don't know if that's necessary or not)

Like I said, I don't really know what I'm doing but I'd really appreciate it if somebody could help me out with the little snippet of code that will help me accomplish this task.

Thanks!!!!

[webwired]

Maybe something like

if ($HTTP_USER_AGENT==Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1))


and so on and so forth...

[webwired]

I came across this while doing some research... I think it fits your bill... get_browser ... more info @ http://www.php.net/manual/en/printwn/fu ... rowser.php

[Fife Club]

Thanks. In total I tried 6 different code suggestions. Only two worked for my specific needs. Here are the two codes incase somebody else needs something like it:

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<?
$browser = strtolower($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]);
if (strstr($browser,"opera")) {
$agent = "op";
}
elseif (strstr($browser,"msie 6")) {
$agent = "ie6";
}
elseif (strstr($browser,"msie 5.5")) {
$agent = "ie55";
}
elseif (strstr($browser,"msie 5.01")) {
$agent = "ie501";
}
elseif (strstr($browser,"msie 5.0")) {
$agent = "ie50";
}
elseif (strstr($browser,"mozilla/4")) {
$agent = "ns4";
}
elseif (strstr($browser,"mozilla/5")) {
$agent = "ns6";
} else {
$agent = "standard";
}

echo $agent;


if ("ie6" == $agent || "ie55" == $agent || "ie501" == $agent || "ie50" == $agent || "ns6" == $agent)
{
   print "place tab code for good browsers";
}
else
{
   print "safe code for lower and unknown browsers";
}
?>



that one tested out well although I'll mention that I used an IE5.0 and it came back as 5.01 - but that's just a technicality that didn't matter.

and then this code

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<?
/****  Function to show browser specific things ****/

function Hello_browser(){ global $HTTP_USER_AGENT;
if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE 6")) {
print "Hi! you have IE6";} // Or whatever...
else if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE 5")){
print "Hi! you have IE5";}
else if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "MSIE 4")){
print "Hi! you have IE4";}
else if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "Mozilla/4")){
print "Hi! you have NS4";}
else if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "Netscape6")){
print "Hi! you have NS6";}
else if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "Mozilla/5")){
print "Hi! you have Mozilla";}
else if(strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT, "Opera/6")){
print "Hi! you have Opera";}};

Hello_browser();
?>



This one works well but it doesn't distinguish decimals of browser versions - but that didn;t matter in my case either