note 115068 deleted from function.get-browser by cmb

From: Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:55:18 +0000
Subject: note 115068 deleted from function.get-browser by cmb
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Note Submitter: haci at muratyaman dot co dot uk ---- I've just lost a day because of this stupid browser_name_regex property: e.g. "§^mozilla/5\.0 \(.*windows nt 6\.1.*wow64.*\) gecko/.* firefox/29\.0.*$§" To replicate the issue and work around bloody '§' character, please below. Whose idea was it to use that character?! <?php $ua = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; echo '$_SERVER[\'HTTP_USER_AGENT\'] => "' . $ua . '"<br />'; $browser = get_browser($ua); echo 'get_browser($ua) => <pre>'; var_dump($browser); echo '</pre><br />'; $json = json_encode($browser, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); echo 'json_encode($browser) => <pre>'; echo $json; echo '</pre><br />'; echo 'json_last_error() => "' . json_last_error() . '"<br />'; //echo 'unsetting $browser->browser_name_regex <br />'; //unset($browser->browser_name_regex); //or echo '$browser->browser_name_regex = utf8_encode($browser->browser_name_regex);<br />'; $browser->browser_name_regex = utf8_encode($browser->browser_name_regex); $json = json_encode($browser, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); echo 'json_encode($browser) => <pre>'; echo $json; echo '</pre><br />'; echo 'json_last_error() => "' . json_last_error() . '"<br />'; ?>

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