Shoutbox

Ok,
Well i've been confused on how to format browsers so they display as Firefox or
IE6 using php. I've resorted to str_ireplace temporarily but i need to know if there's an eaiser way using arrays or whatever or if theres a function to do this with.

thanks guys,
Nathna

If you mean detect the browser type I would use RegExp on $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']

[offtopic]
Nice to meet you Nathna

Could you give me an example please?

Cheers.

What are you trying to do Nath? Your post is very confusing

I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it or is what you mean, but here go's:

code:

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<?php
$browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

if (preg_match("/firefox/i", "$browser")) {
$result = "Mozilla Firefox";
}
elseif (preg_match("/ie/i", "$browser")) {
$result = "Internet Explorer";
}
elseif (preg_match("/opera/i", "$browser")) {
$result = "Opera";
}
else {
$result = "Unknown";
}
echo "<strong>$result</strong>";
?>

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(note: I've only done some examples, you can expand it for others such as Netscape if you want.)

That's exactly what I want Chris <3

Thanks

Here is a small script I use from Hmaster:

code:

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if (preg_match("/Firefox/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Firefox";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/Safari/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Safari";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/Opera/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Opera";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/Netscape/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Netscape";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/Konqueror/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Konqueror";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/Camino/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Camino";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/MSIE/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Internet Explorer";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/Mac/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Macintosh";
    }
   
    elseif (preg_match("/Mozilla/", $agent))
    {
        $agent = "Mozilla";
    }
   
    else
    {
        $agent = "Unknown Browser";
    }

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$agent represents the variable of the user's browser. Add the value yourself .

Or, if you need advanced browser detection:
http://apptools.com/phptools/browser/