PHP noob needs help on joomla/php coding

[cqinzx]

Hey PHP Freaks, I think you guys are fantastic for helping out noobs like me..

 

Well I'm here because I need some help with some Joomla/php coding. I'm using this Joomla extension called MetaMod. Theres nothing wrong with the module, but the module requires PHP knowledge, which is what I don't have. I'm trying to display a certain module in all browsers except Internet Explorer. I saw some MetaMod PHP recipies on the Documentation page, but I didn't know what to do with. I know I'm suppose to copy and paste the code, but I don't know how to edit the code so that the module won't show up in IE. Can you help me out?

 

Heres the code if you guys need it:

 

// browser detection example (display a different module based on which browser is being used)
  $UA = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] : '';
  $SF = strstr($UA, 'Safari') ? true : false;
  $OP = strstr($UA, 'Opera') ? true : false;
  $OPV = $OP ? preg_split('/opera\//i', $UA) : false;
  $OPV = $OPV ? floatval($OPV[1]) : false;

  $FF = !$OP && strstr($UA, 'Firefox') ? true : false;
  $FFV = $FF ? preg_split('/firefox\//i', $UA) : false;
  $FFV = $FFV ? floatval($FFV[1]) : false;

  $IE = strstr($UA, 'MSIE') ? true : false;
  $IEV = $IE ? preg_split('/msie/i', $UA) : false;
  $IEV = $IEV ? floatval($IEV[1]) : false;

  if ($IEV >= 7) return 55; // any version of IE greater or equal to 7
  if ($IEV >= 6) return 55; // any version of IE greater or equal to 6
  if ($IE) return 55; // any version (at all) of IE
  if ($OP) return 66; // any version of Opera
  if ($FF) return 77; // any version of Firefox
  if ($SF) return 88; // any version of Safari

 

And here is the Documentation page

 

The reason I want to block IE is because IE can't handle the Javascript that is in the module(JW Player) I'm using. Thanks for helping out in advance.

[jackpf]

This code will get you the browser-

$browser = strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
if(ereg('msie', $browser))
{
echo 'You are using ie';
}
else if(ereg('firefox'))
{
echo 'You are using ff';
}

Enjoy.

[cqinzx]

Thanks a lot Jack!

[jackpf]

No problem

 

JUST REALISED!

 

$browser = strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);

if(ereg('msie', $browser))

{

echo 'You are using ie';

}

else if(ereg('firefox', $browser))

{

echo 'You are using ff';

}

 

That will work. I forgot to set the string to check for the ereg in firefox  Duhh