Get users OS and version number

Question

I've spent a day on and off Googeling for this; no luck so far.

How can I get the users OS and version. Mine would me Mac OS X 10.6.4, the spare PC in the office would be Windows XP SP3. You see what I'm getting at.

I've seen a million and one methods to get the users platform alone, just not the version.

JS would be ideal, but a server-side (PHP) solution is OK too.

Answer 1

<?php

$user_agent     =   $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

function getOS() { 

global $user_agent;

$os_platform    =   "Unknown OS Platform";

$os_array       =   array(
    '/windows nt 10.0/i'    =>  'Windows 10',
    '/windows nt 6.2/i'     =>  'Windows 8',
    '/windows nt 6.1/i'     =>  'Windows 7',
    '/windows nt 6.0/i'     =>  'Windows Vista',
    '/windows nt 5.2/i'     =>  'Windows Server 2003/XP x64',
    '/windows nt 5.1/i'     =>  'Windows XP',
    '/windows xp/i'         =>  'Windows XP',
    '/windows nt 5.0/i'     =>  'Windows 2000',
    '/windows me/i'         =>  'Windows ME',
    '/win98/i'              =>  'Windows 98',
    '/win95/i'              =>  'Windows 95',
    '/win16/i'              =>  'Windows 3.11',
    '/macintosh|mac os x/i' =>  'Mac OS X',
    '/mac_powerpc/i'        =>  'Mac OS 9',
    '/linux/i'              =>  'Linux',
    '/ubuntu/i'             =>  'Ubuntu',
    '/iphone/i'             =>  'iPhone',
    '/ipod/i'               =>  'iPod',
    '/ipad/i'               =>  'iPad',
    '/android/i'            =>  'Android',
    '/blackberry/i'         =>  'BlackBerry',
    '/webos/i'              =>  'Mobile'
);

foreach ($os_array as $regex => $value) { 

if (preg_match($regex, $user_agent)) {
$os_platform    =   $value;
}

}   

return $os_platform;

}

function getBrowser() {

global $user_agent;

$browser        =   "Unknown Browser";

$browser_array  =   array(
    '/msie/i'       =>  'Internet Explorer',
    '/firefox/i'    =>  'Firefox',
    '/safari/i'     =>  'Safari',
    '/chrome/i'     =>  'Chrome',
    '/opera/i'      =>  'Opera',
    '/netscape/i'   =>  'Netscape',
    '/maxthon/i'    =>  'Maxthon',
    '/konqueror/i'  =>  'Konqueror',
    '/mobile/i'     =>  'Handheld Browser'
);

foreach ($browser_array as $regex => $value) { 

if (preg_match($regex, $user_agent)) {
$browser    =   $value;
}

}

return $browser;

}


$user_os        =   getOS();
$user_browser   =   getBrowser();

$device_details =   "<strong>Browser: </strong>".$user_browser."<br /><strong>Operating System: </strong>".$user_os."";

print_r($device_details);

echo("<br /><br /><br />".$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']."");

?>

Answer 2

You can use the HTTP_USER_AGENT field in the $_SERVER array. For example, the following code will detect iPhone and Android users and redirect them to a different location (e.g., the iTunes App Store or Android Marketplace):

$http_user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

if (stristr($http_user_agent, "android") != FALSE) {
  header("Location: " . ANDROID_REDIRECT);
}
else if (stristr($http_user_agent, "iphone") != FALSE) {
  header("Location: " . IOS_REDIRECT);
}
else {
  header("Location: " . DEFAULT_REDIRECT);
}

Note that ANDROID_REDIRECT, IOS_REDIRECT, and DEFAULT_REDIRECT are constants defined with the PHP 'define' function.

Answer 3

check out get_browser function in http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-browser.php