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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 4.6 with 11 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 Tom on Wednesday, April 15th 2009 at 10:36 AM

Line 11 should be

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

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