RE: [PHP-DB] getting client browser info

> -----Original Message----- > From: Mignon Hunter [mailto:hunter@tic.toshiba.com] > Sent: 20 January 2003 16:32 > > Question: Why is it that from an IE client I get the following: > > Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) > > Why does it say mozilla ??? The clue here is in the next word: "compatible" -- that's Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) 6.0 claiming it's compatible with Mozilla 4.0 browsers (of course, it's not, but that's MS for you!). > > Here's my code: > > Your are currently using: <br> > <?printf ($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]); ?><br> > > You are using : <?printf ($HTTP_USER_AGENT);?> browser > > > btw - Both produce the same. Is it because the apache webserver uses > Mozilla in a default sort of way ??? hum . Absolutely nothing to do with Apache -- it's just reporting what the user's browser is telling it. They're the same because they *are* the same: $HTTP_USER_AGENT is the register_globals copy of the $_SERVER[] element. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211