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Detect operating system from user agent string

This code uses an array of user strings and their matching operating systems so that it can detect what operatings system the user is using.

On Saturday, November 3rd 2007 at 02:02 AM

By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)

(Rated 4.4 with 26 votes)

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$OSList = array
(
        // Match user agent string with operating systems
        'Windows 3.11' => 'Win16',
        'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
        'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
        'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
        'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
        'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
        'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
        'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 7.0)',
        'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
        'Windows ME' => 'Windows ME',
        'Open BSD' => 'OpenBSD',
        'Sun OS' => 'SunOS',
        'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
        'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
        'QNX' => 'QNX',
        'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
        'OS/2' => 'OS/2',
        'Search Bot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);
 
// Loop through the array of user agents and matching operating systems
foreach($OSList as $CurrOS=>$Match)
{
        // Find a match
        if (eregi($Match, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
        {
                // We found the correct match
                break;
        }
}
// You are using Windows Vista
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

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by jack on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:16 AM

http://www.infysolutions.com

by josh on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:17 AM

infysolutions

by STOP on Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 02:16 AM

STOP spamming us, idiots!

by Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM

Line 11 should be

'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:16 PM

The windows me detection is off a bit.

The fix below should do the trick

'windows-me' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)',
'windows-98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:20 PM

Edit for the code above. This should cover all bases.

'Windows ME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',

More info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(VS.85).aspx

by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:41 AM

thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html

by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:42 AM

thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html

by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:27 AM

Hello.
You can do vice versa
$OSList = array
(
'Win16' => 'Windows 3.11',
'Windows 95' => 'Windows 95',
'Win95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows_95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows 98' => 'Windows 98',
'Win98'=> => 'Windows 98'
);

$CurrOS = $OSList[$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

the definition of $OSList looks silly, but all the calculations do php itself without eregi masterclass.

by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:35 AM

HA ha I am wrong! I know nothing in php :)

by MyShadowSelf.com on Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 02:53 PM

eregi() is depreciated now, best to use preg_match() or it'll stop working when your ost updates to PHP6

by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM

thanks

by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM

thanks

by Justin on Friday, October 29th 2010 at 10:44 AM

Here is an updated version of Andrew's script using preg_match and the user_agent changes thanks to cluke009 and Tom.

function os_info($agent) {
// the order of this array is important
$oses = array(
'Win311' => 'Win16',
'Win95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'WinME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',
'Win98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Win2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'WinXP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'WinServer2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'WinVista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Win7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',
'WinNT' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'OpenBSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'SunOS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'MacOS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS2' => 'OS/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);
$agent = strtolower($agent ? $agent : $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
foreach($oses as $os=>$pattern)
if (preg_match('/'.$pattern.'/i', $agent))
return $os;
return 'Unknown';
}

by Joe on Wednesday, November 17th 2010 at 05:59 PM

What should $agent be as argument?
example:

echo os_info(???);

thx

by George I. Tsopouridis on Friday, January 7th 2011 at 07:13 AM

echo os_info($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
It worked for me.

by ala on Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 10:06 PM

but you didn't detect server 2008

by Kevin on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 04:29 PM

RE: JOE

"What should $agent be..."

$agent isn't necessary in this function as $agent is declared within the function..

I would suggest shortening the function to
function os_info()

by Kevin F. on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 05:57 PM

Okay. The above samples did not work well..

So I rewrote the function loosely based on the above examples. I also replaced the depreciated eregi with preg_match..

This works:

public function os() {
//

// method to detect customer OS
// BROWSER::os()

//

$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

return $os;

}

note: my class is BROWSER so when I call this function I do so with: echo BROWSER::os();

If you would like to not use a function or don't understand how they work. Just do this:
$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

echo $os;

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Detect operating system from user agent string
This code uses an array of user strings and their matching operating systems so that it can detect what operatings system the user is using.
On Saturday, November 3rd 2007 at 02:02 AM
By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)
(Rated 4.3 with 22 votes)
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$OSList = array
(
// Match user agent string with operating systems
'Windows 3.11' => 'Win16',
'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 7.0)',
'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'Windows ME' => 'Windows ME',
'Open BSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'Sun OS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS/2' => 'OS/2',
'Search Bot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

// Loop through the array of user agents and matching operating systems
foreach($OSList as $CurrOS=>$Match)
{
// Find a match
if (eregi($Match, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
{
// We found the correct match
break;
}
}
// You are using Windows Vista
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;
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by jack on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:16 AM
http://www.infysolutions.com
by josh on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:17 AM
infysolutions
by STOP on Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 02:16 AM
STOP spamming us, idiots!
by Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM
Line 11 should be

'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:16 PM
The windows me detection is off a bit.

The fix below should do the trick

'windows-me' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)',
'windows-98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:20 PM
Edit for the code above. This should cover all bases.

'Windows ME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',

More info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(VS.85).aspx
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:41 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:42 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:27 AM
Hello.
You can do vice versa
$OSList = array
(
'Win16' => 'Windows 3.11',
'Windows 95' => 'Windows 95',
'Win95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows_95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows 98' => 'Windows 98',
'Win98'=> => 'Windows 98'
);

$CurrOS = $OSList[$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

the definition of $OSList looks silly, but all the calculations do php itself without eregi masterclass.
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:35 AM
HA ha I am wrong! I know nothing in php :)
by MyShadowSelf.com on Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 02:53 PM
eregi() is depreciated now, best to use preg_match() or it'll stop working when your ost updates to PHP6
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by Justin on Friday, October 29th 2010 at 10:44 AM
Here is an updated version of Andrew's script using preg_match and the user_agent changes thanks to cluke009 and Tom.

function os_info($agent) {
// the order of this array is important
$oses = array(
'Win311' => 'Win16',
'Win95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'WinME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',
'Win98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Win2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'WinXP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'WinServer2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'WinVista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Win7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',
'WinNT' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'OpenBSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'SunOS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'MacOS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS2' => 'OS/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);
$agent = strtolower($agent ? $agent : $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
foreach($oses as $os=>$pattern)
if (preg_match('/'.$pattern.'/i', $agent))
return $os;
return 'Unknown';
}
by Joe on Wednesday, November 17th 2010 at 05:59 PM
What should $agent be as argument?
example:

echo os_info(???);

thx
by George I. Tsopouridis on Friday, January 7th 2011 at 07:13 AM
echo os_info($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
It worked for me.
by ala on Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 10:06 PM
but you didn't detect server 2008
by Kevin on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 04:29 PM
RE: JOE

"What should $agent be..."

$agent isn't necessary in this function as $agent is declared within the function..

I would suggest shortening the function to
function os_info()
by Kevin F. on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 05:57 PM
Okay. The above samples did not work well..

So I rewrote the function loosely based on the above examples. I also replaced the depreciated eregi with preg_match..

This works:

public function os() {
//

// method to detect customer OS
// BROWSER::os()

//

$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

return $os;

}

note: my class is BROWSER so when I call this function I do so with: echo BROWSER::os();

If you would like to not use a function or don't understand how they work. Just do this:
$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

echo $os;

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Detect operating system from user agent string
This code uses an array of user strings and their matching operating systems so that it can detect what operatings system the user is using.
On Saturday, November 3rd 2007 at 02:02 AM
By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)
(Rated 4.3 with 22 votes)
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$OSList = array
(
// Match user agent string with operating systems
'Windows 3.11' => 'Win16',
'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 7.0)',
'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'Windows ME' => 'Windows ME',
'Open BSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'Sun OS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS/2' => 'OS/2',
'Search Bot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

// Loop through the array of user agents and matching operating systems
foreach($OSList as $CurrOS=>$Match)
{
// Find a match
if (eregi($Match, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
{
// We found the correct match
break;
}
}
// You are using Windows Vista
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;
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by jack on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:16 AM
http://www.infysolutions.com
by josh on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:17 AM
infysolutions
by STOP on Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 02:16 AM
STOP spamming us, idiots!
by Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM
Line 11 should be

'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:16 PM
The windows me detection is off a bit.

The fix below should do the trick

'windows-me' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)',
'windows-98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:20 PM
Edit for the code above. This should cover all bases.

'Windows ME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',

More info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(VS.85).aspx
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:41 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:42 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:27 AM
Hello.
You can do vice versa
$OSList = array
(
'Win16' => 'Windows 3.11',
'Windows 95' => 'Windows 95',
'Win95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows_95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows 98' => 'Windows 98',
'Win98'=> => 'Windows 98'
);

$CurrOS = $OSList[$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

the definition of $OSList looks silly, but all the calculations do php itself without eregi masterclass.
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:35 AM
HA ha I am wrong! I know nothing in php :)
by MyShadowSelf.com on Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 02:53 PM
eregi() is depreciated now, best to use preg_match() or it'll stop working when your ost updates to PHP6
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by Justin on Friday, October 29th 2010 at 10:44 AM
Here is an updated version of Andrew's script using preg_match and the user_agent changes thanks to cluke009 and Tom.

function os_info($agent) {
// the order of this array is important
$oses = array(
'Win311' => 'Win16',
'Win95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'WinME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',
'Win98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Win2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'WinXP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'WinServer2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'WinVista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Win7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',
'WinNT' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'OpenBSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'SunOS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'MacOS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS2' => 'OS/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);
$agent = strtolower($agent ? $agent : $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
foreach($oses as $os=>$pattern)
if (preg_match('/'.$pattern.'/i', $agent))
return $os;
return 'Unknown';
}
by Joe on Wednesday, November 17th 2010 at 05:59 PM
What should $agent be as argument?
example:

echo os_info(???);

thx
by George I. Tsopouridis on Friday, January 7th 2011 at 07:13 AM
echo os_info($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
It worked for me.
by ala on Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 10:06 PM
but you didn't detect server 2008
by Kevin on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 04:29 PM
RE: JOE

"What should $agent be..."

$agent isn't necessary in this function as $agent is declared within the function..

I would suggest shortening the function to
function os_info()
by Kevin F. on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 05:57 PM
Okay. The above samples did not work well..

So I rewrote the function loosely based on the above examples. I also replaced the depreciated eregi with preg_match..

This works:

public function os() {
//

// method to detect customer OS
// BROWSER::os()

//

$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

return $os;

}

note: my class is BROWSER so when I call this function I do so with: echo BROWSER::os();

If you would like to not use a function or don't understand how they work. Just do this:
$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

echo $os;

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Geekpedia » PHP Code » Detect operating system from user agent string
Detect operating system from user agent string
This code uses an array of user strings and their matching operating systems so that it can detect what operatings system the user is using.
On Saturday, November 3rd 2007 at 02:02 AM
By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)
(Rated 4.3 with 22 votes)
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$OSList = array
(
// Match user agent string with operating systems
'Windows 3.11' => 'Win16',
'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 7.0)',
'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'Windows ME' => 'Windows ME',
'Open BSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'Sun OS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS/2' => 'OS/2',
'Search Bot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

// Loop through the array of user agents and matching operating systems
foreach($OSList as $CurrOS=>$Match)
{
// Find a match
if (eregi($Match, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
{
// We found the correct match
break;
}
}
// You are using Windows Vista
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;
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by jack on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:16 AM
http://www.infysolutions.com
by josh on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:17 AM
infysolutions
by STOP on Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 02:16 AM
STOP spamming us, idiots!
by Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM
Line 11 should be

'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:16 PM
The windows me detection is off a bit.

The fix below should do the trick

'windows-me' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)',
'windows-98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:20 PM
Edit for the code above. This should cover all bases.

'Windows ME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',

More info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(VS.85).aspx
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:41 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:42 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:27 AM
Hello.
You can do vice versa
$OSList = array
(
'Win16' => 'Windows 3.11',
'Windows 95' => 'Windows 95',
'Win95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows_95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows 98' => 'Windows 98',
'Win98'=> => 'Windows 98'
);

$CurrOS = $OSList[$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

the definition of $OSList looks silly, but all the calculations do php itself without eregi masterclass.
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:35 AM
HA ha I am wrong! I know nothing in php :)
by MyShadowSelf.com on Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 02:53 PM
eregi() is depreciated now, best to use preg_match() or it'll stop working when your ost updates to PHP6
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by Justin on Friday, October 29th 2010 at 10:44 AM
Here is an updated version of Andrew's script using preg_match and the user_agent changes thanks to cluke009 and Tom.

function os_info($agent) {
// the order of this array is important
$oses = array(
'Win311' => 'Win16',
'Win95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'WinME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',
'Win98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Win2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'WinXP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'WinServer2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'WinVista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Win7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',
'WinNT' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'OpenBSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'SunOS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'MacOS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS2' => 'OS/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);
$agent = strtolower($agent ? $agent : $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
foreach($oses as $os=>$pattern)
if (preg_match('/'.$pattern.'/i', $agent))
return $os;
return 'Unknown';
}
by Joe on Wednesday, November 17th 2010 at 05:59 PM
What should $agent be as argument?
example:

echo os_info(???);

thx
by George I. Tsopouridis on Friday, January 7th 2011 at 07:13 AM
echo os_info($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
It worked for me.
by ala on Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 10:06 PM
but you didn't detect server 2008
by Kevin on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 04:29 PM
RE: JOE

"What should $agent be..."

$agent isn't necessary in this function as $agent is declared within the function..

I would suggest shortening the function to
function os_info()
by Kevin F. on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 05:57 PM
Okay. The above samples did not work well..

So I rewrote the function loosely based on the above examples. I also replaced the depreciated eregi with preg_match..

This works:

public function os() {
//

// method to detect customer OS
// BROWSER::os()

//

$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

return $os;

}

note: my class is BROWSER so when I call this function I do so with: echo BROWSER::os();

If you would like to not use a function or don't understand how they work. Just do this:
$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

echo $os;

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Detect operating system from user agent string
This code uses an array of user strings and their matching operating systems so that it can detect what operatings system the user is using.
On Saturday, November 3rd 2007 at 02:02 AM
By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)
(Rated 4.3 with 22 votes)
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$OSList = array
(
// Match user agent string with operating systems
'Windows 3.11' => 'Win16',
'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 7.0)',
'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'Windows ME' => 'Windows ME',
'Open BSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'Sun OS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS/2' => 'OS/2',
'Search Bot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

// Loop through the array of user agents and matching operating systems
foreach($OSList as $CurrOS=>$Match)
{
// Find a match
if (eregi($Match, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
{
// We found the correct match
break;
}
}
// You are using Windows Vista
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;
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by jack on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:16 AM
http://www.infysolutions.com
by josh on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:17 AM
infysolutions
by STOP on Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 02:16 AM
STOP spamming us, idiots!
by Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM
Line 11 should be

'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:16 PM
The windows me detection is off a bit.

The fix below should do the trick

'windows-me' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)',
'windows-98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:20 PM
Edit for the code above. This should cover all bases.

'Windows ME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',

More info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(VS.85).aspx
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:41 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:42 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:27 AM
Hello.
You can do vice versa
$OSList = array
(
'Win16' => 'Windows 3.11',
'Windows 95' => 'Windows 95',
'Win95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows_95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows 98' => 'Windows 98',
'Win98'=> => 'Windows 98'
);

$CurrOS = $OSList[$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

the definition of $OSList looks silly, but all the calculations do php itself without eregi masterclass.
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:35 AM
HA ha I am wrong! I know nothing in php :)
by MyShadowSelf.com on Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 02:53 PM
eregi() is depreciated now, best to use preg_match() or it'll stop working when your ost updates to PHP6
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by Justin on Friday, October 29th 2010 at 10:44 AM
Here is an updated version of Andrew's script using preg_match and the user_agent changes thanks to cluke009 and Tom.

function os_info($agent) {
// the order of this array is important
$oses = array(
'Win311' => 'Win16',
'Win95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'WinME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',
'Win98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Win2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'WinXP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'WinServer2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'WinVista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Win7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',
'WinNT' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'OpenBSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'SunOS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'MacOS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS2' => 'OS/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);
$agent = strtolower($agent ? $agent : $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
foreach($oses as $os=>$pattern)
if (preg_match('/'.$pattern.'/i', $agent))
return $os;
return 'Unknown';
}
by Joe on Wednesday, November 17th 2010 at 05:59 PM
What should $agent be as argument?
example:

echo os_info(???);

thx
by George I. Tsopouridis on Friday, January 7th 2011 at 07:13 AM
echo os_info($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
It worked for me.
by ala on Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 10:06 PM
but you didn't detect server 2008
by Kevin on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 04:29 PM
RE: JOE

"What should $agent be..."

$agent isn't necessary in this function as $agent is declared within the function..

I would suggest shortening the function to
function os_info()
by Kevin F. on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 05:57 PM
Okay. The above samples did not work well..

So I rewrote the function loosely based on the above examples. I also replaced the depreciated eregi with preg_match..

This works:

public function os() {
//

// method to detect customer OS
// BROWSER::os()

//

$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

return $os;

}

note: my class is BROWSER so when I call this function I do so with: echo BROWSER::os();

If you would like to not use a function or don't understand how they work. Just do this:
$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

echo $os;

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Detect operating system from user agent string
This code uses an array of user strings and their matching operating systems so that it can detect what operatings system the user is using.
On Saturday, November 3rd 2007 at 02:02 AM
By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)
(Rated 4.3 with 22 votes)
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$OSList = array
(
// Match user agent string with operating systems
'Windows 3.11' => 'Win16',
'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 7.0)',
'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'Windows ME' => 'Windows ME',
'Open BSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'Sun OS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS/2' => 'OS/2',
'Search Bot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

// Loop through the array of user agents and matching operating systems
foreach($OSList as $CurrOS=>$Match)
{
// Find a match
if (eregi($Match, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
{
// We found the correct match
break;
}
}
// You are using Windows Vista
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;
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by jack on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:16 AM
http://www.infysolutions.com
by josh on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:17 AM
infysolutions
by STOP on Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 02:16 AM
STOP spamming us, idiots!
by Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM
Line 11 should be

'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:16 PM
The windows me detection is off a bit.

The fix below should do the trick

'windows-me' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)',
'windows-98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:20 PM
Edit for the code above. This should cover all bases.

'Windows ME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',

More info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(VS.85).aspx
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:41 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:42 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:27 AM
Hello.
You can do vice versa
$OSList = array
(
'Win16' => 'Windows 3.11',
'Windows 95' => 'Windows 95',
'Win95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows_95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows 98' => 'Windows 98',
'Win98'=> => 'Windows 98'
);

$CurrOS = $OSList[$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

the definition of $OSList looks silly, but all the calculations do php itself without eregi masterclass.
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:35 AM
HA ha I am wrong! I know nothing in php :)
by MyShadowSelf.com on Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 02:53 PM
eregi() is depreciated now, best to use preg_match() or it'll stop working when your ost updates to PHP6
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by Justin on Friday, October 29th 2010 at 10:44 AM
Here is an updated version of Andrew's script using preg_match and the user_agent changes thanks to cluke009 and Tom.

function os_info($agent) {
// the order of this array is important
$oses = array(
'Win311' => 'Win16',
'Win95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'WinME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',
'Win98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Win2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'WinXP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'WinServer2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'WinVista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Win7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',
'WinNT' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'OpenBSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'SunOS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'MacOS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS2' => 'OS/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);
$agent = strtolower($agent ? $agent : $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
foreach($oses as $os=>$pattern)
if (preg_match('/'.$pattern.'/i', $agent))
return $os;
return 'Unknown';
}
by Joe on Wednesday, November 17th 2010 at 05:59 PM
What should $agent be as argument?
example:

echo os_info(???);

thx
by George I. Tsopouridis on Friday, January 7th 2011 at 07:13 AM
echo os_info($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
It worked for me.
by ala on Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 10:06 PM
but you didn't detect server 2008
by Kevin on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 04:29 PM
RE: JOE

"What should $agent be..."

$agent isn't necessary in this function as $agent is declared within the function..

I would suggest shortening the function to
function os_info()
by Kevin F. on Friday, February 11th 2011 at 05:57 PM
Okay. The above samples did not work well..

So I rewrote the function loosely based on the above examples. I also replaced the depreciated eregi with preg_match..

This works:

public function os() {
//

// method to detect customer OS
// BROWSER::os()

//

$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

return $os;

}

note: my class is BROWSER so when I call this function I do so with: echo BROWSER::os();

If you would like to not use a function or don't understand how they work. Just do this:
$osList = array
(
'Windows 7' => 'windows nt 6.1',
'Windows Vista' => 'windows nt 6.0',
'Windows Server 2003' => 'windows nt 5.2',
'Windows XP' => 'windows nt 5.1',
'Windows 2000 sp1' => 'windows nt 5.01',
'Windows 2000' => 'windows nt 5.0',
'Windows NT 4.0' => 'windows nt 4.0',
'Windows Me' => 'win 9x 4.9',
'Windows 98' => 'windows 98',
'Windows 95' => 'windows 95',
'Windows CE' => 'windows ce',
'Windows (version unknown)' => 'windows',
'OpenBSD' => 'openbsd',
'SunOS' => 'sunos',
'Ubuntu' => 'ubuntu',
'Linux' => '(linux)|(x11)',
'Mac OSX Beta (Kodiak)' => 'mac os x beta',
'Mac OSX Cheetah' => 'mac os x 10.0',
'Mac OSX Puma' => 'mac os x 10.1',
'Mac OSX Jaguar' => 'mac os x 10.2',
'Mac OSX Panther' => 'mac os x 10.3',
'Mac OSX Tiger' => 'mac os x 10.4',
'Mac OSX Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.5',
'Mac OSX Snow Leopard' => 'mac os x 10.6',
'Mac OSX Lion' => 'mac os x 10.7',
'Mac OSX (version unknown)' => 'mac os x',
'Mac OS (classic)' => '(mac_powerpc)|(macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'beos',
'OS2' => 'os/2',
'SearchBot'=>'(nuhk)|(googlebot)|(yammybot)|(openbot)|(slurp)|(msnbot)|(ask jeeves/teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

$useragent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$useragent = strtolower($useragent);

foreach($osList as $os=>$match) {
if (preg_match('/' . $match . '/i', $useragent)) {
break;
} else {
$os = "Not automatically detected.$useragent";
}
}

echo $os;

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Detect operating system from user agent string
This code uses an array of user strings and their matching operating systems so that it can detect what operatings system the user is using.
On Saturday, November 3rd 2007 at 02:02 AM
By Andrew Pociu (View Profile)
(Rated 4.3 with 22 votes)
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$OSList = array
(
// Match user agent string with operating systems
'Windows 3.11' => 'Win16',
'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 7.0)',
'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'Windows ME' => 'Windows ME',
'Open BSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'Sun OS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS/2' => 'OS/2',
'Search Bot'=>'(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(MSNBot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

// Loop through the array of user agents and matching operating systems
foreach($OSList as $CurrOS=>$Match)
{
// Find a match
if (eregi($Match, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
{
// We found the correct match
break;
}
}
// You are using Windows Vista
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;
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by jack on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:16 AM
http://www.infysolutions.com
by josh on Monday, June 9th 2008 at 04:17 AM
infysolutions
by STOP on Sunday, February 1st 2009 at 02:16 AM
STOP spamming us, idiots!
by Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM
Line 11 should be

'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',

by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:16 PM
The windows me detection is off a bit.

The fix below should do the trick

'windows-me' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)',
'windows-98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
by cluke009 on Sunday, November 29th 2009 at 06:20 PM
Edit for the code above. This should cover all bases.

'Windows ME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',

More info at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503(VS.85).aspx
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:41 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Ali on Monday, June 14th 2010 at 06:42 AM
thanks :) , it worked

and this is an arabized version of the function:
http://me.the-ghost.com/2010/06/blog-post_14.html
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:27 AM
Hello.
You can do vice versa
$OSList = array
(
'Win16' => 'Windows 3.11',
'Windows 95' => 'Windows 95',
'Win95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows_95' => 'Windows 95',
'Windows 98' => 'Windows 98',
'Win98'=> => 'Windows 98'
);

$CurrOS = $OSList[$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo "You are using ".$CurrOS;

the definition of $OSList looks silly, but all the calculations do php itself without eregi masterclass.
by Dima on Tuesday, October 5th 2010 at 05:35 AM
HA ha I am wrong! I know nothing in php :)
by MyShadowSelf.com on Wednesday, October 6th 2010 at 02:53 PM
eregi() is depreciated now, best to use preg_match() or it'll stop working when your ost updates to PHP6
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by sam on Tuesday, October 19th 2010 at 08:38 AM
thanks
by Justin on Friday, October 29th 2010 at 10:44 AM
Here is an updated version of Andrew's script using preg_match and the user_agent changes thanks to cluke009 and Tom.

function os_info($agent) {
// the order of this array is important
$oses = array(
'Win311' => 'Win16',
'Win95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'WinME' => '(Windows 98)|(Win 9x 4.90)|(Windows ME)',
'Win98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Win2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'WinXP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'WinServer2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'WinVista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)',
'Win7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)',
'WinNT' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'OpenBSD' => 'OpenBSD',
'SunOS' => 'SunOS',
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
'MacOS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'QNX' => 'QNX',
'BeOS' => 'BeOS',
'OS2' => 'OS/2',

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by brickmasterj on Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 at 01:57 AM

I've made a list with even more OSes:
List is a work-in-progress, so it will be updated.
If you found a mistake, please let me know: (brickmasterj@minewars.co.uk)!

(
// Mircrosoft Windows Operating Systems
'Windows 3.11' => '(Win16)',
'Windows 95' => '(Windows 95)|(Win95)|(Windows_95)',
'Windows 98' => '(Windows 98)|(Win98)',
'Windows 2000' => '(Windows NT 5.0)|(Windows 2000)',
'Windows 2000 Service Pack 1' => '(Windows NT 5.01)',
'Windows XP' => '(Windows NT 5.1)|(Windows XP)',
'Windows Server 2003' => '(Windows NT 5.2)',
'Windows Vista' => '(Windows NT 6.0)|(Windows Vista)',
'Windows 7' => '(Windows NT 6.1)|(Windows 7)',
'Windows 8' => '(Windows NT 6.2)|(Windows 8)',
'Windows NT 4.0' => '(Windows NT 4.0)|(WinNT4.0)|(WinNT)|(Windows NT)',
'Windows ME' => '(Windows ME)|(Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90 )',
'Windows CE' => '(Windows CE)',
// UNIX Like Operating Systems
'Mac OS X Kodiak (beta)' => '(Mac OS X beta)',
'Mac OS X Cheetah' => '(Mac OS X 10.0)',
'Mac OS X Puma' => '(Mac OS X 10.1)',
'Mac OS X Jaguar' => '(Mac OS X 10.2)',
'Mac OS X Panther' => '(Mac OS X 10.3)',
'Mac OS X Tiger' => '(Mac OS X 10.4)',
'Mac OS X Leopard' => '(Mac OS X 10.5)',
'Mac OS X Snow Leopard' => '(Mac OS X 10.6)',
'Mac OS X Lion' => '(Mac OS X 10.7)',
'Mac OS X' => '(Mac OS X)',
'Mac OS' => '(Mac_PowerPC)|(PowerPC)|(Macintosh)',
'Open BSD' => '(OpenBSD)',
'SunOS' => '(SunOS)',
'Solaris 11' => '(Solaris/11)|(Solaris11)',
'Solaris 10' => '((Solaris/10)|(Solaris10))',
'Solaris 9' => '((Solaris/9)|(Solaris9))',
'CentOS' => '(CentOS)',
'QNX' => '(QNX)',
// Kernels
'UNIX' => '(UNIX)',
// Linux Operating Systems
'Ubuntu 12.10' => '(Ubuntu/12.10)|(Ubuntu 12.10)',
'Ubuntu 12.04 LTS' => '(Ubuntu/12.04)|(Ubuntu 12.04)',
'Ubuntu 11.10' => '(Ubuntu/11.10)|(Ubuntu 11.10)',
'Ubuntu 11.04' => '(Ubuntu/11.04)|(Ubuntu 11.04)',
'Ubuntu 10.10' => '(Ubuntu/10.10)|(Ubuntu 10.10)',
'Ubuntu 10.04 LTS' => '(Ubuntu/10.04)|(Ubuntu 10.04)',
'Ubuntu 9.10' => '(Ubuntu/9.10)|(Ubuntu 9.10)',
'Ubuntu 9.04' => '(Ubuntu/9.04)|(Ubuntu 9.04)',
'Ubuntu 8.10' => '(Ubuntu/8.10)|(Ubuntu 8.10)',
'Ubuntu 8.04 LTS' => '(Ubuntu/8.04)|(Ubuntu 8.04)',
'Ubuntu 6.06 LTS' => '(Ubuntu/6.06)|(Ubuntu 6.06)',
'Red Hat Linux' => '(Red Hat)',
'Red Hat Enterprise Linux' => '(Red Hat Enterprise)',
'Fedora 17' => '(Fedora/17)|(Fedora 17)',
'Fedora 16' => '(Fedora/16)|(Fedora 16)',
'Fedora 15' => '(Fedora/15)|(Fedora 15)',
'Fedora 14' => '(Fedora/14)|(Fedora 14)',
'Chromium OS' => '(ChromiumOS)',
'Google Chrome OS' => '(ChromeOS)',
// Kernel
'Linux' => '(Linux)|(X11)',
// BSD Operating Systems
'OpenBSD' => '(OpenBSD)',
'FreeBSD' => '(FreeBSD)',
'NetBSD' => '(NetBSD)',
// Mobile Devices
'Andriod' => '(Android)',
'iPod' => '(iPod)',
'iPhone' => '(iPhone)',
'iPad' => '(iPad)',
//DEC Operating Systems
'OS/8' => '(OS/8)|(OS8)',
'Older DEC OS' => '(DEC)|(RSTS)|(RSTS/E)',
'WPS-8' => '(WPS-8)|(WPS8)',
// BeOS Like Operating Systems
'BeOS' => '(BeOS)|(BeOS r5)',
'BeIA' => '(BeIA)',
// OS/2 Operating Systems
'OS/2 2.0' => '(OS/220)|(OS/2 2.0)',
'OS/2' => '(OS/2)|(OS2)',
// Search engines
'Search engine or robot' => '(nuhk)|(Googlebot)|(Yammybot)|(Openbot)|(Slurp)|(msnbot)|(Ask Jeeves/Teoma)|(ia_archiver)'
);

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by byman64 on Saturday, May 26th 2012 at 08:50 AM

I used OS/2 and was nice from "brickmasterj" remember it!

Just a question, concerning the iPhone / IPad maybe it's better detect also the version like for windows x.x

In my case $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] shows:

iPAD : OS_5_1
Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9B176 Safari/7534.48.3

iPhone : OS_5_1_1
Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_1_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9B206 Safari/7534.48.3

I think it's useful is someone publish the full function to help who needs it.

If it is not a problem I can publish it on my site refereing this great discussion. Can I?

Any idea how fix it ?

I use php but I am not and advanced phph developer.
Please, can you send me the right and full function ...

by byman64 on Saturday, May 26th 2012 at 08:50 AM

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