Screen Res Question

[Steve Ray]

Guys

Is there a way to capture via an environment variable the users screen res

Steve

[ZeldorBlat]

On Oct 23, 10:46 am, "Steve Ray" <[e-mail]:

Guys

Is there a way to capture via an environment variable the users screen res

Steve

PHP runs on the server -- so the answer is no.

Try Javascript.

[Michael Fesser]

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>On Oct 23, 10:46 am, "Steve Ray" <[e-mail]:

>>
Is there a way to capture via an environment variable the users screen res

PHP runs on the server -- so the answer is no.

Try Javascript.

And then the question is - why?

Micha

[Charles Crume]

Not in PHP (it runs on the server), but you can with Javascript.

See: http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jscreen.htm

Charles...

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Guys

Is there a way to capture via an environment variable the users screen res

Steve

[Michael Fesser]

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>"Michael Fesser" <ne*****@gmx.dewrote in message
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>And then the question is - why?

The response pre-answers your question - because PHP runs on the server.

My "Why" was meant as a response to "capture ... the users screen res".

Micha

[Jeff North]

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:46:23 +0100, in comp.lang.php "Steve Ray"
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>| Guys
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| Is there a way to capture via an environment variable the users screen res
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| Steve

PHP knows nothing about the browser so you would need to use
Javascript to query the browsers viewport dimensions.

That being said, I may have a screen with its resolution set to
2048x1536 but the browser is resized to 500x300. How are you going to
handle that situation?

Do a google on html + fluid design
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[Sanders Kaufman]

"Michael Fesser" <ne*****@gmx.dewrote in message
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>>"Michael Fesser" <ne*****@gmx.dewrote in message
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>>And then the question is - why?

The response pre-answers your question - because PHP runs on the server.

My "Why" was meant as a response to "capture ... the users screen res".

Wow, you gotta know this one.
In one old app, I checked that setting because I knew some OLD people who
use 640x480 would be on the site.
In the current one, I'm checking it to see if they're coming at me with a
PDA or Cell Phone.
(I totally gave up on just using the server user agent.)

[Michael Fesser]

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>"Michael Fesser" <ne*****@gmx.dewrote in message
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>>
My "Why" was meant as a response to "capture ... the users screen res".

Wow, you gotta know this one.
In one old app, I checked that setting because I knew some OLD people who
use 640x480 would be on the site.

What does the screen res tell you about the size of the browser window
and its viewport? Exactly nothing.

>In the current one, I'm checking it to see if they're coming at me with a
PDA or Cell Phone.
(I totally gave up on just using the server user agent.)

I don't do any sniffing at all. I write flexible HTML and if I want to
improve the appearance on PDAs (until now it wasn't really necessary),
I could add another stylesheet with media type 'handheld'. For older PDA
browsers I could also add a simple stylesheet switcher just in case they
don't support that media type.

There's almost always a better way than browser or screen res sniffing.

Micha

[Sanders Kaufman]

"Michael Fesser" <ne*****@gmx.dewrote in message
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>>In one old app, I checked that setting because I knew some OLD people who
use 640x480 would be on the site.

What does the screen res tell you about the size of the browser window
and its viewport? Exactly nothing.

(You're really in tantrum mode today, aintcha?)

For one thing - it tells you that the viewable browser window maxes out at
640x480.

I don't do any sniffing at all. I write flexible HTML and if I want to
improve the appearance on PDAs (until now it wasn't really necessary),

Wow - HTML that looks as good on a big-screen tv as it does on a cell-phone.
You should patent that process.