Browser Detection

[TheScarecrow]

Is there a way to detect the browser the user has when the page loads in Coldfusion? sample would be a big help. thanks.

[Newsgroup_User]

do you mean detect it by CF or in general?
in general - use one of a multitude of browser sniffing js scripts;
in CF - look at #cgi.http_user_agent# - look at the available js scripts
and which parts of the useragent string they process to determine the
browser and write a cf script to do the same.

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

[Newsgroup_User]

TheScarecrow wrote:
> Is there a way to detect the browser the user has when the page loads in Coldfusion? sample would be a big help. thanks.

User agent strings can be parsed to make a best guess at browser.

Just be aware that there are a large host of host headers out there.
http://www.user-agents.org/


Also be aware that browsers can be configured to hide what they are.
Just look at Firefox's 'User Agent Switcher'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent

[TheScarecrow]

Is there a way to detect the browser version number?

[Newsgroup_User]

yes. look at #cgi.http_user_agent# content.

if you are doing it with js, have a go at jQUery js library - it has
buitl-in functionality to detect both browser and browser version.

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

[Dan_Bracuk]

it's one of the cgi variables.