Browser detection

[jwwceo]

What's the best way to do browser detection?

All I need it for is to see if a user is using FireFox. I have some javascript menus on my page and they are positioned absolute on my page. Firefox displays them a little bit off, like 10 pixels off, from where they are supposed to be. So I am hoping to detect Firefox and the output slightly different coordinates.

Thanks!

[Gruzin]

Try Google: [url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=browser+detection+javascript]http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=browser+detection+javascript[/url]  ;)

[jwwceo]

My javascript is written by a php program...

so I was really more just looking for the best way to do this in pHP...and then write up a super simple

if ( $browser == Firefox){

echo "this";

}

else {
echo "something else";
}

but I'm don't know which browser detection is the most reliable??? or how to handle the myriad of responses I may get from diferrent versions. Is there a simple one that just detects the browser name, like Firefox?

James

[Gruzin]

Well, if you want to do it with php, here you go:

[code]<?php
echo $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] . "\n\n";

$browser = get_browser(null, true);
print_r($browser);
?> [/code]

For more info try manual: [url=http://ge.php.net/get_browser]http://ge.php.net/get_browser[/url]

[Ninjakreborn]

simply use php to check for the user agent, it's pretty accurate, accurate enough for what you are trying to do.

[jwwceo]

I'm trying this. but it doesn't recongize work. Everything is going to the else...IE and Firefox... IS there a simpler script I could use instead....

if (!(strpos($HTTP_USER_AGENT,'Mozilla') === false)) {


}

else {


}