use php to know explore type and version method
Posted by Albert 4673Day 21Hour 42Min 49Sec ago [2012-07-03]
method
function getBrowser()
{
$u_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$bname = 'Unknown';
$platform = 'Unknown';
$version= "";
//First get the platform?
if (preg_match('/linux/i', $u_agent)) { $platform = 'linux'; }
elseif (preg_match('/macintosh|mac os x/i', $u_agent)) { $platform = 'mac'; }
elseif (preg_match('/windows|win32/i', $u_agent)) { $platform = 'windows'; }
// Next get the name of the useragent yes seperately and for good reason
if(preg_match('/MSIE/i',$u_agent) && !preg_match('/Opera/i',$u_agent)) { $bname = 'Internet Explorer'; $ub = "MSIE"; }
elseif(preg_match('/Firefox/i',$u_agent)) { $bname = 'Mozilla Firefox'; $ub = "Firefox"; }
elseif(preg_match('/Chrome/i',$u_agent)) { $bname = 'Google Chrome'; $ub = "Chrome"; }
elseif(preg_match('/Safari/i',$u_agent)) { $bname = 'Apple Safari'; $ub = "Safari"; }
elseif(preg_match('/Opera/i',$u_agent)) { $bname = 'Opera'; $ub = "Opera"; }
elseif(preg_match('/Netscape/i',$u_agent)) { $bname = 'Netscape'; $ub = "Netscape"; }
// finally get the correct version number
$known = array('Version', $ub, 'other');
$pattern = ''(?<browser>' . join('|', $known) .
')[/ ]+(?<version>[0-9.|a-zA-Z.]*)'';
if (!preg_match_all($pattern, $u_agent, $matches)) {
// we have no matching number just continue
}
// see how many we have
$i = count($matches['browser']);
if ($i != 1) {
//we will have two since we are not using 'other' argument yet
//see if version is before or after the name
if (strripos($u_agent,"Version") < strripos($u_agent,$ub)){ $version= $matches['version'][0]; }
else { $version= $matches['version'][1]; }
}
else { $version= $matches['version'][0]; }
// check if we have a number
if ($version==null || $version=="") {$version="?";}
return array('userAgent'=>$u_agent, 'name'=>$bname, 'version'=>$version, 'platform'=>$platform, 'pattern'=>$pattern);
}
When you use the method
$ua = getBrowser();
echo $ua['name'].$ua['version'].$ua['version'];