Browser Capabilities PHP Project
HACKING AROUND WITH PHP TO HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION THAN GET_BROWSER()
The new version, which contains the new URLs for the version checking service, is now available for download.
Introduction
The browscap.ini file is a database maintained by Gary Keith at http://browsers.garykeith.com/ which provides a lot of details about browsers and their capabilities, such as name, versions, Javascript support and so on.
PHP's native get_browser() function parses this file and provides you with a complete set of information about every browser's details. But it requires the path to the browscap.ini file to be specified in the php.ini browscap directive which is flagged as PHP_INI_SYSTEM. That means in most shared hosting environments you cannot edit the php.ini file.
Browscap is a standalone class for both PHP4 and PHP5 that gets around the limitations of get_browser() and manages the whole thing. It offers methods to update, cache, adapt and get details about every supplied user agent on a standalone basis.
Features
Here is a feature list of the Browscap class:
- Fast
- Standalone
- Even faster parsing many user agents
- Fully get_browser() compatible
- Often faster and more accurate than get_browser()
- Fully PHP configuration independent
- User agent auto-detection
- Returns object or array
- Parsed .ini file cached directly into PHP arrays
- Accepts any .ini file (even ASP and lite versions)
- Auto updated browscap.ini file and cache from remote server with version checking
- Configurable remote update server
- Fully configurable (since 0.2)
- --PHP4 and-- PHP5 compatible (PHP4 version deprecated)
- Released under the GNU Lesser General Public License
Contact
Because your opinion matters.
If only to say "Hello, it works!", or to ask for a feature or report a bug, or for basic support write to:
- st DOT jonathan AT gmail DOT com
Also via instant messenger:
- AIM: garetjax@mac.com
- MSN: same as e-mail address
- ICQ: 322754291
- Yahoo: g4retj4x
- GTalk: same as e-mail address
