Detect the users operating system using PHP

[bizt]

Hi,

Is it possible to detect a users operating system using PHP or is this
something for Javascript? I ask because I am trying getting some bugs
with a minor javascript script that is generating bugs when run using
IE on the Mac. The javascript, although a fancy feature, isnt all that
important to the page so Im just going to disable it from the server
for Mac users (sorry guys), at least until I figure out the way it will
display on the Mac.

I havent yet tested it in non-IE browsers (Firefox, Opera etc) on the
Mac. Can I also find out what browser software the Mac user is using.
If it works in other Mac browsers I can simply just disable it for IE
Mac users.

Cheers

Burnsy

[Andy Jeffries]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:09:06 -0700, bizt wrote:

Is it possible to detect a users operating system using PHP or is this
something for Javascript? I ask because I am trying getting some bugs with
a minor javascript script that is generating bugs when run using IE on the
Mac. The javascript, although a fancy feature, isnt all that important to
the page so Im just going to disable it from the server for Mac users
(sorry guys), at least until I figure out the way it will display on the
Mac.

I havent yet tested it in non-IE browsers (Firefox, Opera etc) on the Mac.
Can I also find out what browser software the Mac user is using. If it
works in other Mac browsers I can simply just disable it for IE Mac users.

It's not always reliable (it can be faked), but $_SERVER["USER_AGENT"]
should do for your purposes.

Cheers,
Andy
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[Mladen Gogala]

On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:09:06 -0700, bizt wrote:

Hi,

Is it possible to detect a users operating system using PHP or is this
something for Javascript? I ask because I am trying getting some bugs
with a minor javascript script that is generating bugs when run using
IE on the Mac. The javascript, although a fancy feature, isnt all that
important to the page so Im just going to disable it from the server
for Mac users (sorry guys), at least until I figure out the way it will
display on the Mac.

I havent yet tested it in non-IE browsers (Firefox, Opera etc) on the
Mac. Can I also find out what browser software the Mac user is using.
If it works in other Mac browsers I can simply just disable it for IE
Mac users.

Cheers

There is get_browser() function which will return a hash with different
fields, one of which is "platform". More details can be seen at:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.get-browser.php

I can only imagine what the "stripper" field does.
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