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PHP Browser Detection and Appropriate CSS Generation

In this article, Tim explains his browser detection utility and how you can use it to generate the right CSS for each user.

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By: Tim Perdue

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February 16, 2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

· PHP Browser Detection and Appropriate CSS Generation
· CSS Tips
· Browser Detection Library
· Font Size
· Conclusion

PHP Browser Detection and Appropriate CSS Generation - Browser Detection Library
(Page 3 of 5 )

At any rate, here's my browser detection library. Just require() it at the top of your page and you'll be able to call the slick functions to generate browser-specific HTML.

<?php
//
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// http://sourceforge.net
//
// $Id: tim20000821.php3,v 1.2 2001/05/22 19:22:47 tim Exp $

unset ($BROWSER_AGENT);
unset ($BROWSER_VER);
unset ($BROWSER_PLATFORM);

function browser_get_agent () {
  global $BROWSER_AGENT;
  return $BROWSER_AGENT;
}

function browser_get_version() {
  global $BROWSER_VER;
  return $BROWSER_VER;
}

function browser_get_platform() {
  global $BROWSER_PLATFORM;
  return $BROWSER_PLATFORM;
}

function browser_is_mac() {
  if (browser_get_platform()=='Mac') {
    return true;
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}

function browser_is_windows() {
  if (browser_get_platform()=='Win') {
    return true;
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}

function browser_is_ie() {
  if (browser_get_agent()=='IE') {
    return true;
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}

function browser_is_netscape() {
  if (browser_get_agent()=='MOZILLA') {
    return true;
  } else {
    return false;
  }
}

/*
  Determine browser and version
*/

if (ereg( 'MSIE ([0-9].[0-9]{1,2})',$HTTP_USER_AGENT,$log_version)) {
  $BROWSER_VER=$log_version[1];
  $BROWSER_AGENT='IE';
} elseif (ereg( 'Opera ([0-9].[0-9]{1,2})',$HTTP_USER_AGENT,$log_version)) {
  $BROWSER_VER=$log_version[1];
  $BROWSER_AGENT='OPERA';
} elseif (ereg( 'Mozilla/([0-9].[0-9]{1,2})',$HTTP_USER_AGENT,$log_version)) {
  $BROWSER_VER=$log_version[1];
  $BROWSER_AGENT='MOZILLA';
} else {
  $BROWSER_VER=0;
  $BROWSER_AGENT='OTHER';
}

/*
  Determine platform
*/

if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,'Win')) {
  $BROWSER_PLATFORM='Win';
} else if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,'Mac')) {
  $BROWSER_PLATFORM='Mac';
} else if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,'Linux')) {
  $BROWSER_PLATFORM='Linux';
} else if (strstr($HTTP_USER_AGENT,'Unix')) {
  $BROWSER_PLATFORM='Unix';
} else {
  $BROWSER_PLATFORM='Other';
}

/*
//debug code
echo "\n\nAgent: $HTTP_USER_AGENT";
echo "\nIE: ".browser_is_ie();
echo "\nMac: ".browser_is_mac();
echo "\nWindows: ".browser_is_windows();
echo "\nPlatform: ".browser_get_platform();
echo "\nVersion: ".browser_get_version();
echo "\nAgent: ".browser_get_agent();
*/

?>

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