Check if browser IE8 or less using PHP

Question

How to check whether the browser is IE8 or less using php?

I tried $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] and it was giving me "mozilla" when i chekc it on IE. Thats the reason I posted this question. Sorry, forgot to mention it . — user1074803, Jul 18 '12 at 04:19
I up voted this question because it is exactly what I need too. What have I tried? Well of course the first thing I tried was stackoverflow :). The answers so far do not address the question. How to detect, in PHP, if the browers is IE8 or less. I need this in Php so that I can adjust a Drupal theme to not generate some content on the most painful browser in history. Further search and found this question in SO http://stackoverflow.com/questions/671890/can-i-detect-ie6-with-php that also refers to http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/Internet%20Explorer/ — Bryan, Nov 07 '12 at 19:31
See SO answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/671890/can-i-detect-ie6-with-php — Bryan, Nov 07 '12 at 20:03

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '13 at 15:52

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if(preg_match('/(?i)msie [2-8]/',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))

answered May 31 '13 at 15:52

Stephen M. Harris

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swapnesh · Answer 2 · 2012-07-17T05:09:49.507

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EDIT

<?php
//echo $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] . "\n\n";

$browser = get_browser(null, true);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($browser['version']);
?>

Check ScreenShot

edited Jul 17 '12 at 05:09

answered Jul 17 '12 at 04:56

swapnesh

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The raw UA is .. well, let's just say there are many values it can be. – Jul 17 '12 at 05:03

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 17 '12 at 04:59

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Try this link.

Typical usage.

$browser = new Browser();
if( $browser->getBrowser() == Browser::BROWSER_FIREFOX && $browser->getVersion() >= 2 ) {
    echo 'You have FireFox version 2 or greater';
}

answered Jul 17 '12 at 04:59

Matt

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score -5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 17 '12 at 06:52

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    $(document).ready(function(){ 
    var bro=$.browser; 
    var binfo=""; 
    if(bro.msie) {binfo="Microsoft Internet Explorer "+bro.version;} 
    if(bro.mozilla) {binfo="Mozilla Firefox "+bro.version;} 
    if(bro.safari) {binfo="Apple Safari "+bro.version;} 
    if(bro.opera) {binfo="Opera "+bro.version;} 
    alert(binfo); 
    $("#browser").html(binfo); 
})

edited Jul 17 '12 at 06:52

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answered Jul 17 '12 at 06:06

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How this could be an answer if the question contains PHP tag – swapnesh Jan 20 '13 at 18:43
Not only does this not include any php, but it also requires jquery. This is a good answer, but not for this question. – Ian Feb 03 '15 at 15:55

Check if browser IE8 or less using PHP

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