How to detect ANY Internet Explorer in PHP?

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The question is, how to detect any IE version using PHP?

I seen PHP scripts that detect specific versions of IE, but I was unable to find a way to detect any version of IE. Thanks for your help.

The concept is the same for all of them. And, why would you want to do this anyway? — Brad, Mar 22 '14 at 01:51
Advice: Do not do it. Just accept that browsers have their quirks. If you absolutely need to target IE then use [conditional comments](http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html). Targeting browsers for special treatment is more trouble than it is worth. — Sverri M. Olsen, Mar 22 '14 at 02:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '14 at 01:53

<?php
function ae_detect_ie()
{
    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) && 
    (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE') !== false))
        return true;
    else
        return false;
}
?>

taken from : http://www.anyexample.com/programming/php/how_to_detect_internet_explorer_with_php.xml

How to detect ANY Internet Explorer in PHP?

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