Detect the browser type and version with a php page.
$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
if (preg_match('|MSIE ([0-9].[0-9]{1,2})|',$useragent,$matched)) {
$browser_version=$matched[1];
$barr = explode(".", $browser_version);
$browser_version_major = $barr[0];
$browser = 'IE';
} elseif (preg_match( '|Opera ([0-9].[0-9]{1,2})|',$useragent,$matched)) {
$browser_version=$matched[1];
$barr = explode(".", $browser_version);
$browser_version_major = $barr[0];
$browser = 'Opera';
} elseif(preg_match('|Firefox/([0-9\.]+)|',$useragent,$matched)) {
$browser_version=$matched[1];
$barr = explode(".", $browser_version);
$browser_version_major = $barr[0];
$browser = 'Firefox';
} elseif(preg_match('|Chrome/([0-9\.]+)|',$useragent,$matched)) {
$browser_version=$matched[1];
$barr = explode(".", $browser_version);
$browser_version_major = $barr[0];
$browser = 'Chrome';
} elseif(preg_match('|Safari/([0-9\.]+)|',$useragent,$matched)) {
$browser_version=$matched[1];
$barr = explode(".", $browser_version);
$browser_version_major = $barr[0];
if (preg_match('|iPad|', $useragent, $matched)) {
$browser = 'iPad Safari';
}
elseif (preg_match('|iPhone|', $useragent, $matched)) {
$browser = "iPhone Safari";
}
else {
$browser = 'Safari';
}
} else {
// browser not recognized!
$browser_version = 0;
$browser_version_major = 0;
$browser= 'other';
}
$smarty->assign("browser", $browser);
$smarty->assign("browser_version", $browser_version);
$smarty->assign("browser_version_major", $browser_version_major);