Find device user is using

[rkstevens]

Is there a way in PHP to be able to detect the media type of the user?

I want to be able to detect if the user is using a handheld device (cell phone browser or smartphone) and do one of two things: have different code for handheld that uses less bandwidth; redirect to a different page.

 

[DarkWater]

There's gotta be a library for that.  Go to Google and search a bit.  "mobile device detection php".

[Fadion]

Try by detecting the user agent:

 

<?php
$userangent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
if(strstr($useragent, 'Blackberry')){ //where blackberry is the device
    echo 'You are on mobile';
} else{
    echo 'You are on pc';
}
?>

 

To check for several devices, make an array with all the devices. Hope this helps.