Browser Detection in PHP: Identify Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and More

Name: Browser Detection in PHP: Identify Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and More
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Diablosblizz

Browser Detection Script

This code detects if the user is browsing with Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Edge, or any other browser.

PHP Code

<?php
// Get the browser's user agent string
$browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
 
// Check for specific browsers
if (strpos($browser, 'Firefox') !== false) {
    echo "You are using Mozilla Firefox.";
} 
else if (strpos($browser, 'MSIE') !== false || strpos($browser, 'Trident') !== false) {
    echo "You are using Internet Explorer.";
} 
else if (strpos($browser, 'Edge') !== false || strpos($browser, 'Edg') !== false) {
    echo "You are using Microsoft Edge.";
} 
else if (strpos($browser, 'Chrome') !== false && strpos($browser, 'Safari') !== false && strpos($browser, 'Edg') === false) {
    echo "You are using Google Chrome.";
} 
else if (strpos($browser, 'Safari') !== false && strpos($browser, 'Chrome') === false) {
    echo "You are using Apple Safari.";
} 
else {
    echo "You are using a different browser.";
}
?>

How It Works

Firefox: Looks for "Firefox" in the user agent string.
Internet Explorer: Detects "MSIE" or "Trident" (used in IE 11+).
Microsoft Edge: Checks for "Edge" or "Edg" (modern Edge uses "Edg").
Google Chrome: Confirms "Chrome" and "Safari" appear together but excludes "Edg" (to avoid misidentifying Edge).
Apple Safari: Detects "Safari" but ensures "Chrome" is not present.
Other Browsers: Falls back to a default message for unrecognized user agents.

Conclusion

This script provides basic detection for major browsers,
User agent detection is helpful to identify which browsers the user are using for statistics.

Author:

Diablosblizz

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Posted on Sunday 22^nd December 2024 at 12:50 PM

DanielXP

Updated to detect keywords in the user agent vs detecting the whole user agent, plus added a few extra common browsers to bring this up to date ðŸ˜

Posted on Sunday 23^rd September 2007 at 08:40 PM

darklight19
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This won't work if you have a tool bar installed that renames the user agent.

Posted on Thursday 24^th May 2007 at 11:58 PM

ShadowMage
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no prob

Posted on Thursday 24^th May 2007 at 11:40 PM

Jon

nvm fixed it, I changed the "en-US" to "en-GB"...

Thanks guys.

Posted on Thursday 24^th May 2007 at 11:37 PM

Jon

Yes

Posted on Thursday 24^th May 2007 at 11:32 PM

ShadowMage
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it works for me also, does your host support PHP?

Posted on Thursday 24^th May 2007 at 11:15 PM

Jon

I'm on Firefox.

Posted on Thursday 24^th May 2007 at 05:44 AM

SkillMaster
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Works fine for me. what browser are you using it seems to work fine in IE and mozilla for me.

Posted on Wednesday 23^rd May 2007 at 09:21 PM

Jon

Basically, nothing shows up when I go on it:

https://scription.net/browser.php

Posted on Friday 18^th May 2007 at 09:45 PM

SkillMaster
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Yes it does work for me. :S what is your exact problem?