help with useragents and textbox's

[xzmk07]

Im trying to get a code working for user agents.. I want it so if the user is using Firefox, a textbox shows up with text A and if the user is using IE then a textbox shows up with text B.

 

I tried using javascript browser detection for this but i was a whole mess, so im trying to figure out how to implement this in another more efficient way.. keep in mind i have little experiance with php so i want it to be simple and easy to work with. if anyone could help that would be sick.. thanks.

[backie]

try

 

<?php
if ( preg_match("~MSIE~isU",$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ){
    print "Is internet explorer!";
}
elseif ( preg_match("~Firefox~isU",$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ){
   print "Is firefox";
}
?>

 

If you want to find out the browser for design purposes better of checking what the render engine is, that way modifications of firefox still render the same.

[xzmk07]

ok but how would i go about putting the text boxes into the code.. heres one of my scripts with facebook .. the tags <fb:user-agent> is basically what i need

<fb:user-agent includes="ie 6,ie 7,ie 8"><textarea id='textcode' class='textcode' onclick='this.focus();this.select();' rows='2' cols='40'>TEXT B</textarea>
</fb:user-agent>
<fb:user-agent excludes="ie 6,ie 7,ie 8">
<textarea onclick='this.focus();this.select();' rows='2' cols='40'>
TEXT A</textarea>
</fb:user-agent>

[backie]

Well then what you do is check and see if the user agent isn't internet explorer and then print out the two textareas.

[xzmk07]

i tried adding "<textarea> </textarea>" after the print but when i try to load the page its white