note 30772 added to function.get-browser

Using the browscap.ini is IMHO not such a terrible efficient way to do simple browser/OS detection. The following script might be sufficient for those of you checking for standard (compliant :-) browsers. It was taken from a small tool-library and allows you to check for a browser like this: if (NW_IS_IE >= 4 && NW_IS_SOLARIS) // user is running MSIE in a Solaris Environment do_this(); else // must be something else do_that(); ==== 8< ==== SNIP ==== 8< ==== // Temporary Variables // The useragent string (lowercase to simplify testing) $_nw_ua = strtolower(@$_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]); // Browser Detection { ====================================================== // Version checking, each one of these will take a float value describing the // version number, or - if the user is not using that browser - zero. // Generic code-name "Mozilla" version define("NW_MOZ_VERSION", preg_match('/mozilla\/(\d+\.\d+)/', $_nw_ua, $_nw_v) ? (float)$_nw_v[1] : 0); // KDE's Konqueror define("NW_IS_KONQ", preg_match('/konqueror\/(\d+\.\d+)/', $_nw_ua, $_nw_v) ? (float) $_nw_v[1] : 0); // Opera software Opera define("NW_IS_OPERA", preg_match('/opera[\s\/](\d+\.\d+)/', $_nw_ua, $_nw_v) ? (float) $_nw_v[1] : 0); // Microsoft Internet Explorer define("NW_IS_IE", !NW_IS_OPERA && preg_match('/msie (\d+\.\d+)/', $_nw_ua, $_nw_v) ? (float) $_nw_v[1] : 0); // Gecko-based browsers, such as Mozilla, Netscape 6, DocZilla, // K-Meleon, etc. define("NW_IS_GECKO", preg_match('/gecko\/(\d+)/', $_nw_ua, $_nw_v) ? (float) $_nw_v[1] : 0); // Netscape Navigator (all versions, including Gecko-based browsers) define("NW_IS_NN", NW_IS_GECKO ? (preg_match('/netscape6*\/(\d+.\d+)/', $_nw_ua, $_nw_v) ? (float) $_nw_v[1] : 0) : ((!NW_IS_OPERA && !NW_IS_KONQ && !NW_IS_IE) ? NW_MOZ_VERSION : 0)); // An old 3rd generation web browser define("NW_IS_GEN3", NW_IS_NN < 4 || NW_IS_OPERA < 4 || NW_IS_IE < 4 || NW_MOZ_VERSION < 4); // } Browser Detection ====================================================== // Generic Platform Detection { ============================================= define("NW_IS_LINUX", strstr($_nw_ua, "linux") !== false); define("NW_IS_MAC", strstr($_nw_ua, "mac") !== false); define("NW_IS_SOLARIS", (strstr($_nw_ua, "solaris") !== false) || (strstr($_nw_ua, "sunos") !== false)); define("NW_IS_X11", strstr($_nw_ua, "x11") !== false); define("NW_IS_WINDOWS", strstr($_nw_ua, "win") !== false); define("NW_IS_OS2", strstr($_nw_ua, "os2") !== false); // } Generic Platform Detection ============================================= unset($_nw_ua, $_nw_v); // clean-up ==== 8< ==== SNIP ==== 8< ==== -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-browser.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+30772 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+30772 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+30772