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#1 2008-03-12 11:41 pm
Detecting an iPhone?
So I thought it would be fun to experiment with making a site designed for the iPhone and looked up a few examples of how to detect the iPhone user agent. I tried to do this in JavaScript and in PHP but neither seemed to work. Anyone have any insight as to why this won't work?
PHP:
Code:
<?php
$browser = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPhone")
if ($browser)
{
echo 'You are using an iPhone';
}
else
{
echo 'You are not using an iPhone';
}
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#2 2008-03-17 3:33 pm
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Re: Detecting an iPhone?
Sorry I don't have the answer, but am interested in finding out, too...
I do know that Apple just recently released an iPhone SDK and some of it pertains to web developers. I haven't been able to look through the SDK because it's only compatible with Leopard (I've got Tiger).
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/
Last edited by thumbprint (2008-03-17 3:35 pm)
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#3 2008-03-17 6:12 pm
Re: Detecting an iPhone?
Is your server using php5?
Try strpos() instead of stripos().
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#4 2008-03-18 8:24 am
Re: Detecting an iPhone?
Code:
echo 'You are '. (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPhone") ? '' : 'not ') . 'using an iPhone.';
Don't they teach you kids to code efficiently, these days?
Sheesh.
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#5 2008-03-19 1:22 am
Re: Detecting an iPhone?
Ternaries are for pussies. 
So, just when did this place get Private Messages? YIKES!
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#6 2008-03-19 6:13 am
Re: Detecting an iPhone?
I'm a mathematician and a programmer. Nested single line statements give me a boner. 
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