#21443 [Opn->Csd]: get_browser still has problems with browsecap.ini from www.garykeith.com

ID: 21443 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: serge@planetcharters.com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-05 22:38:43] gary@garykeith.com Thanks, Serge. Ilia, I think this is fairly solid proof that my suspicions are correct about get_browser() having a problem dealing with multiple question marks in the user agent. The old definition in my browscap.ini file: Mozilla/4.8 ???? (Windows NT 5.0; U) fails while the updated definition: Mozilla/4.8*(Windows NT 5.0; U) works fine. Both definitions work fine with browscap.dll therefore I suspect a problem with get_browser(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-05 22:25:51] serge@planetcharters.com I updated the browscap.ini and the detection works fine now with Netscape for windows: ua: Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) pattern match: browser_name_pattern Mozilla/4\.8.*(Windows NT 5\.0; U) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-05 21:49:27] gary@garykeith.com Ilia, I am the developer of the browscap.ini file that PHP recommends to its users. Respectfully, this issue does appear to be a bug in PHP. The user agent in question, Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U), is in my browscap.ini file and it is recognized when Serge visits my website which uses IIS. To me that suggests a bug in get_browser(). I am suspicious that in certain situations get_browser() has a problem dealing with multiple question marks in a user agent. In an attempt to prove my theory I changed the definition for the user agent in question and asked Serge to see if it works. I'll report back here on his results. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-05 15:41:02] iliaa@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. Contact the developer mantaining the browsecap.ini, this is not a PHP bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-01-05 15:29:07] serge@planetcharters.com PHP does not detect Netscape for Windows ua: Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) It did detect Mozilla 1.2 and IE 6 for Windows and Mozilla 1.1 and Netscape 4.7 in Linux. The latest verion (downloaded January 5 2003) of browsecap.ini was used. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=21443&edit=1