browscap - get_browser()

[Destramic]

i've just installed browscap (maybe behind the times)...but impressive stuff...just a few questions though

 

the [crawler] key...would i be correct in saying it detects if its a bot browsing

also [browser_type] what does this mean exactly?

 

some info on this would be great...thanks guys

//returned from: get_browser();

stdClass Object
(
    [browser_name_regex] => ~^mozilla/5\.0 \(.*windows nt 6\.1.*wow64.*\).*gecko/.*firefox/.*$~
    [browser_name_pattern] => Mozilla/5.0 (*Windows NT 6.1*WOW64*)*Gecko/*Firefox/*
    [parent] => Firefox Generic
    [browser_bits] => 32
    [platform] => Win7
    [platform_version] => 6.1
    [platform_description] => Windows 7
    [platform_bits] => 64
    [platform_maker] => Microsoft Corporation
    [win32] => 
    [win64] => 1
    [device_name] => Windows Desktop
    [device_code_name] => Windows Desktop
    [comment] => Firefox Generic
    [browser] => Firefox
    [browser_type] => Browser
    [browser_maker] => Mozilla Foundation
    [frames] => 1
    [iframes] => 1
    [tables] => 1
    [cookies] => 1
    [javascript] => 1
    [javaapplets] => 1
    [cssversion] => 3
    [device_maker] => Various
    [device_type] => Desktop
    [device_pointing_method] => mouse
    [renderingengine_name] => Gecko
    [renderingengine_description] => For Firefox, Camino, K-Meleon, SeaMonkey, Netscape, and other Gecko-based browsers.
    [renderingengine_maker] => Mozilla Foundation
    [browser_modus] => unknown
    [version] => 0.0
    [majorver] => 0
    [minorver] => 0
    [alpha] => 
    [beta] => 
    [win16] => 
    [backgroundsounds] => 
    [vbscript] => 
    [activexcontrols] => 
    [ismobiledevice] => 
    [istablet] => 
    [issyndicationreader] => 
    [crawler] => 
    [aolversion] => 0
    [device_brand_name] => unknown
    [renderingengine_version] => unknown
)

[dalecosp]

Correct in both assumptions.

browser_type is typically "Browser", "Bot/Crawler", or "Application".

[Destramic]

browser_type is typically "Browser", "Bot/Crawler", or "Application"

 

brillaint...hopefully the end to captcha as i hate them so much!

 

what key would be the name of the bot please?

 

obviously i wouldn't want to block the good bots from accessing my pages...thank you for your reply

[dalecosp]

Well, you can look for yourself at http://browscap.org/

 

"Browser" is usually a meaningful name. You might want to use a strtok() or stristr() or similar, as there are lots of everything in the file.