Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Re: Detecting devices i.e. PDA, Mobile

Justin, Thank you for you replies, I have decided to convert the whole site to XHTML, for compatability. However, I am unable to view the site through my phones WAP browser, does this mean XHTML is only compatible with PC's and PDA's? I have validadted the code at http://validator.w3.org ... Thanks for your help "Justin French" <justin@indent.com.au> wrote in message news:A709A0F0-FCB5-11D7-9C05-000A9579CE3A@indent.com.au... > On Sunday, October 12, 2003, at 07:46 PM, Tom Rogers wrote: > > > From my experience css is even more unreliable than user agent being > > set and all > > browser producers seem to have their own idea of what a standard is > > supposed to > > look like as well. At least with table layouts most of the current > > desktop > > browsers will make a half decent try. With companies like Netscape and > > Microsoft > > providing browsers you should stay away from strict anything is my > > advice :) > > It depends what you're aiming for. If you're aiming for pixel perfect > display on the usual browsers, great -- go for tables and the usual > hacks. But in the meantime you're sacrificing forwards compatibility > for backwards compatibility, making your site hugely inaccessible, > causing huge ongoing development costs (update the hacks to support > newer browsers and devices), etc etc. > > What's the point in developing three or more sites (WAP, PDA, Desktop) > when one can do the same, with a few SMALL sacrifices. > > As a bonus, you're developing HTML for EVERYONE, not turning away > ANYONE, and you're saving your client some money. > > > Anyway, this is getting a little OT :) You're entitled to do things > your way, and so am I... the $'s and accessibility are making my > decisions for me. > > > > > The ideal way of detecting a wap browser is through the accepted mime > > types from > > the request header but I am not sure if that info is passed on by PHP. > > > > You could try > > > > <? > > $headers = width: 300px;; > > print_r($headers); > > <? > > and see what is supplied under accept with various devices > > > > You need to look for something like this: > > > > text/vnd.wap.wml for .wml files (WML source files) > > application/vnd.wap.wmlc for .wmlc files (WML compiled files) > > text/vnd.wap.wmlscript for .wmls files (WMLScript source files) > > application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc for .wmlsc files (WMLScript compiled > > files) > > image/vnd.wap.wbmp for .wbmp files (wireless bitmaps) > > > > Nice idea! > > Justin