From: gsam@trini0.org (Gerard Samuel)> Newsgroups: php.general> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 14:00:23 -0400> To: php-general@lists.p­hp.net> Subject: Regex for Browser Versions>

Im trying to pull the Mozilla version and *possibly* the MSIE x.xx> string out $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']> If I did this correctly, (MSIE\s\d\.\d{1,2})­? should mean that if its> there pull it out, else move on, since its not there.> When viewing this script via a windows browser, it doesn't match the> MSIE section. If I take out the trailing ?, it will match successfully.> But when viewing it with a mozilla browser, the regex fails as there is> not MSIE string in there.> Any help with this would be appreciated.> Thanks>

<?php>

var_dump($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);­> echo '<p>';> preg_match('/^(Mozi­lla\/\d\.\d{1,2}|Ope­ra\/\d\.\d{1,2})\s\(­.*?(MSIE\s\d\.\d{1,>­ 2})?.*?\)(\sOpera)?­/',> $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], $foo);>

var_dump($foo);>

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Maybe it might be easier to just use the get_browser() function:>

Monty>