RE: [PHP-WIN] newbie questions (2) : Detect presence of plugin/Ac tiveX via PHP3? and Linked PHP scripts?

as for including external scripts, yes and no. You can "include" or "require" and external script but it has to be in a script being parsed by php already. In other words, you can't include a php script in an HTML document... make sense? --------------------- John Asendorf - jasendorf@lcounty.com Web Applications Developer - http://www.lcounty.com - CHECK OUT THE NEW LOOK! Licking County, Ohio, USA 740-349-3631 > -----Original Message----- > From: brian donovan [mailto:nocrapreflex@monokromatik.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:12 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] newbie questions (2) : Detect presence of > plugin/ActiveX via PHP3? and Linked PHP scripts? > > > Hello, > > I'm just starting to learn php, so please forgive me if this is a > retarded question, but I was wondering if it is possible to > detect whether a > plugin and/or ActiveX control is installed on a user's > machine via php3 when > they visit a site. I've crawled around the php manual and > some 3rd party > sites and found code that will parse the http user agent > header and echo out > code for particular browsers, > http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000821.php3 , but I > haven't yet found > any mention of detecting plugins/ActiveX controls on users' machines. > Basically, I'd like to be able to find shockwave and flash > players on a > users computer and, if they exist, write out the proper > html...and, if they > aren't present, write out a different bit of html. I've been using > client-side javascript (with some vbscript for msie win) to > do this, but I > was hoping that I could do it via php. Basically, I'm tired > of having to > toss in huge script blocks with clods and clods of document.write > statements. > > My second question is - is it possible to include php > scripts in a page > through some sort of linking, in a way analogous to how > external javascripts > can be included - ie <script type="text/javascript" > src="crappyscript.js"></script>? > > Sorry for the dumb questions, but I'm just starting out with > php. Much > thanks for your help. > > > brian donovan (remove "nocrap" from email) > > ICQ: 32895200 > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >