iphone?

[ki]

Does anyone know how to tell if your using an iPhone to view a site yet?, cause I wanna make a totally different site then

[Silverado_NL]

php is a server-sided scripting language and doesnt have anything to do with the browsers that visit's the page, you would better be off asking on a javascript forum.

[cooldude832]

yes you can with js

[centerwork]

Can't that also be set up with a CSS Syle sheet?

[Silverado_NL]

hmm i think javascript would reconize the iphone with its resolution or would lookup the browser name or engine or something.

and i dont think css would be able to do that. afterall its a stylesheet, not a browser plugin.

you might be able to create a stylesheet that would be compatible with the iphone, but then again how would your script know what stylesheet to use?

 

[helraizer]

and i dont think css would be able to do that. afterall its a stylesheet, not a browser plugin.

 

The CSS won't detect it but you can use a different page with <link media=""> The different medias make it more viewable/compatible for different systems.

[deadimp]

Getting the user agent string from the client (browser), like Silverado_NL said, would be your best bet. You could use either javascript or php ($_SERVER['USER_AGENT']) for that.

[s0c0]

Using javascript you can in fact dynamically set what css file to use.

[roopurt18]

I'll admit I'm not up to speed on developing sites for hand-helds or other small displays, but here's my advice.

 

You can be fancy and detect the browser via Javascript or PHP (via $_SERVER) as suggested, but some people will have Javascript turned off.  Others might have their browser configured to tell sites it is a different browser (which would render PHP's ability to correctly identify the user agent in $_SERVER useless).  So no matter what automatic detection you decide to use, it may fail, and you should still provide a 'Reload this page for a small display or hand-held device' link.

 

No matter how you determine to display your alternate .css (automatic detection or user action), set a flag in $_SESSION that tells the site to use the alternate .css.  Do it in $_SESSION because you can still use sessions even when cookies are disabled.

 

Additionally, set a permanent cookie in the user's browser that says to use the alternate style sheet.

 

On your visitor's next visit to the page, look for the permanent cookie and if it's present use the alternate stylesheet.  If it's not present, revert back to your automatic or user specified action.