RE: [PHP-DB] Detect OS
| From: | Hoover, Josh | Date: | Wed, 16 May 2001 17:03:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] Detect OS | ||
| Groups: | php.db | ||
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This advice is incorrect I believe. PHP_OS will return the OS PHP is
running on, not what the OS of the client.
From the manual:
PHP_OS The name of the operating system on which the PHP parser is
executing; e.g. 'Linux'.
$HTTP_USER_AGENT (if you're using Apache with PHP) should do what you need.
Josh Hoover
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> > How can I detect client's OS/platform with PHP? (Win, Mac, etc.)
>
> with PHP_OS. $os = PHP_OS;
>
> See "Chapter 8 - Constants" of the manual.