[SOLVED] getting JUST the browser , IE,Firefoxxx,OPERA etc.

[lynxus]

Hi guys, im having troubles just getting the BROWSER and nothing else.

 

Ive tried:

<?php
echo $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "<br>";
$browser = explode(" ",$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
echo $browser[0];

 

This returns:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080317 Fedora/3.0.13-1.fc10 Firefox/3.0.13

Mozilla/5.0

 

However if its internet explorer i get useless info.

 

Is there a better way to get this data?

 

basically its for visitors stats:

So a fucntion that gives me a bunch of vars like $browser $jsenabled $screensize $os  etc would be great.

 

cant find what i want anywhere

 

Thanks

G

[JonnoTheDev]

The browser is contained within the user agent, you are extracting the wrong part of the string.

Internet Explorer 7

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; IEMB3; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET LR 2.0.50727; ZangoToolbar 4.8.3)

 

Firefox 3.0.13

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080317 Fedora/3.0.13-1.fc10 Firefox/3.0.13

 

http://www.user-agents.org/

You should check for a value within the user agent rather than extract it as all user agents are formatted differently and map it to a list of browsers i.e. array of browsers

[lynxus]

Humm, So theres no easy way then?

 

I need to download the database and compare against that?

[JonnoTheDev]

Just find the parts of the user agent that identify what the browser is and then add to an array. Here's a start:

<?php
function isBrowser($userAgent) {
$browsers = array('msie' 	=> 'internet explorer',
				  'firefox'	=> 'mozilla firefox',
				  'avant'	=> 'avant browser');
foreach($browsers as $ident => $browser) {
	if(stristr($userAgent, $ident)) {
		return $browser;
	}
}
return false;
}


// usage
if($x = isBrowser($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
print "Your browser is: ".$x;
}
else {
print "Unknown web browser";
}
?>

[lynxus]

AHHH i seee.

 

Thank you for your help!!

 

Graham