Detecting NN4 with PHP

Foolproof method?

[Nick_W]

Hi all,

I need to detect NN4 with PHP but am unsure as to how best to ensure I catch any version/platform of it.

On my Linux box I get:

Mozilla/4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-5 i686)

...but it's probably different on other platforms and versions.

Any help much appreciated ;)

Nick

[Matt_Wade]

Give the get_browser() function a try:
[php.net...]

[jatar_k]

the get_browser function would be fine, you can also just look at the $HTTP_USER_AGENT which get_browser uses to get the info itself.

You are just looking for Mozilla/4.x

[Nick_W]

Thanks. dosn't appear that my host has a browscap.ini installed though....

Nick

[Nick_W]

You are just looking for Mozilla/4.x

Right! I thought I might make mistake with something like Mozilla/4* Compatible and it turning out to be IE?

I'll re-read the function....

Nick

[jdMorgan]

Nick_W,

The problem with doing this server-side is how do you handle proxies? Many of them will come in with a UA of "Mozilla/3.01 (compatible;)" no matter what browser the visitor is actually using.

Jim

[Nick_W]

Agreed. I can live with a few mistakes though. If I catch most of them that will be okay...

Nick