RE: [PHP-DB] getting client browser info

Ah, but I wasnt at a mozilla browser, I was accessing this script from a ie browser client. >From my mozillia client I get the following: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020918 browser The script sits on an apache web server? On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 12:29, Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote: > > -----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 -- Mignon Hunter Web Developer Toshiba International 713.466.0277 x 3461