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You can use PHP’s get_browser() function to find out information about user’s browsers, but it takes a little setting up.

1. Download a browscap file from garykeith.com . I found lite_php_browscap.ini good enough for my needs, but depending on what you want you might want a different version.
2. Save it somewhere sensible on the server – I put it in /usr/lib64/php/extras/browscap.ini on our 64-bit server.
3. Edit php.ini, and add the following line section (or edit it if it’s already there) :

   [browscap]
   browscap = /usr/lib64/php/extras/browscap.ini

4. Now restart apache

   $ sudo apachectl restart

1. Now if you use the get_browser() function, it should return something like the following :

   stdClass Object
   (
       [browser_name_regex] => ^mozilla/5\.0 (macintosh; .; .*mac os x.*; .*rv:1\.9.*) gecko/.*$
       [browser_name_pattern] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; ?; *Mac OS X*; *rv:1.9*) Gecko/*
       [parent] => Mozilla 1.9
       [platform] => MacOSX
       [browser] => Mozilla
       [version] => 1.9
       [majorver] => 1
       [minorver] => 9
       [alpha] => 1
       [frames] => 1
       [iframes] => 1
       [tables] => 1
       [cookies] => 1
       [javaapplets] => 1
       [javascript] => 1
       [css] => 2
       [cssversion] => 2
       [supportscss] => 1
       [beta] => 
       [win16] => 
       [win32] => 
       [win64] => 
       [backgroundsounds] => 
       [authenticodeupdate] => 
       [cdf] => 
       [vbscript] => 
       [activexcontrols] => 
       [stripper] => 
       [isbanned] => 
       [wap] => 
       [ismobiledevice] => 
       [issyndicationreader] => 
       [crawler] => 
       [aol] => 
       [aolversion] => 0
       [netclr] => 
       [clrversion] => 0
   )