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Showing browser and OS details

Discussion in 'Programming' started by Devilfish, Jan 29, 2009.

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    Hi folks,

    I have a vBulletin forum and I want to display the browser and operating system in a widget at the side. This would only be displayed to the person viewing the forum, each member would see their own config.

    Does anyone know how I can achieve this please?

    Thanks! :)
     
    Devilfish, Jan 29, 2009 IP
  2. w0tan

    w0tan Peon

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    You can use the $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] variable in PHP to get the info.

    apptools.com/phptools/browser/source.php
    (sorry, can't post links yet)

    See that website if you want to see a good example. You can see, actually getting the browser info is easy, formatting it in a meaningful way is tedious. :)
     
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  3. Chuckun

    Chuckun Well-Known Member

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    #3 
    <?php

echo $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

?>
    PHP:
    or

    <?php

if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE') !== FALSE) {
    echo 'Gutted - you use Internet Explorer.';
}

?>
    PHP:
    for if you want to whack it into a user-friendly version...

    Obviously you can have a play around with defining multiple browsers on the second one..
     
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  4. Devilfish

    Devilfish Active Member

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    Thanks guys, this worked great!
     
    Devilfish, Jan 30, 2009 IP
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    siothach Active Member

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    ActiveFrost Notable Member

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    #6
    There should be no "gutted" - there are only 2 types of match operator : != and == .. what !== means ?
     
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