Re: How do I enable $_SERVER['HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE'] or $_SERVER['HTTP_PROFILE']

On 3 Aug 2011, at 21:07, Daevid Vincent wrote: > I'm working on a mobile site and from the various searches and reading (and > even code fragments I've inherited for the project), they make reference to: > > $_SERVER['HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE'] and a fallback $_SERVER['HTTP_PROFILE'] > > However, when I hit a phpinfo(); page using both an Android MyTouch 3G (2.2) > and an Apple iPhone 3G, there are nothing even close to those. All of the > 'HTTP_X_*' headers are absent and there is no HTTP_PROFILE either. > > > http://www.dpinyc.com/literature/resources/code-bank/php-lightweight-device- > detection/ > http://mobiforge.com/developing/blog/useful-x-headers > http://blog.svnlabs.com/tag/_serverhttp_x_wap_profile/ > > > Do I need to enable something in Apache or PHP?? > > PHP Version 5.3.6 > Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies > with Xdebug v2.0.5, Copyright (c) 2002-2008, by Derick Rethans > > and > > $ httpd -v > Server version: Apache/2.2.17 (FreeBSD) I may be wrong, but as I understand it those headers are for older WAP browsers, not modern mobile-based browsers which are HTML-capable. The best way I've found to detect mobile devices is to examine the user agent header. While it's not 100% reliable it's the best method available. This is the function I've used in the past to detect mobile devices: https://gist.github.com/1124666. I haven't used it for a little while so there are probably new devices out there that it can't detect but it should give you a good starting point. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/