i need to check if the request came from a mobile phone device or desktop computer using php please help. thanks
I am using a function to identify mobile browsers in my projects, which can detect almost all major Mobile Operating systems and browsers.
function ismobile() {
$is_mobile = '0';
if(preg_match('/(android|up.browser|up.link|mmp|symbian|smartphone|midp|wap|phone)/i', strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))) {
$is_mobile=1;
}
if((strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT']),'application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml')>0) or ((isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE']) or isset($_SERVER['HTTP_PROFILE'])))) {
$is_mobile=1;
}
$mobile_ua = strtolower(substr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],0,4));
$mobile_agents = array('w3c ','acs-','alav','alca','amoi','andr','audi','avan','benq','bird','blac','blaz','brew','cell','cldc','cmd-','dang','doco','eric','hipt','inno','ipaq','java','jigs','kddi','keji','leno','lg-c','lg-d','lg-g','lge-','maui','maxo','midp','mits','mmef','mobi','mot-','moto','mwbp','nec-','newt','noki','oper','palm','pana','pant','phil','play','port','prox','qwap','sage','sams','sany','sch-','sec-','send','seri','sgh-','shar','sie-','siem','smal','smar','sony','sph-','symb','t-mo','teli','tim-','tosh','tsm-','upg1','upsi','vk-v','voda','wap-','wapa','wapi','wapp','wapr','webc','winw','winw','xda','xda-');
if(in_array($mobile_ua,$mobile_agents)) {
$is_mobile=1;
}
if (isset($_SERVER['ALL_HTTP'])) {
if (strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['ALL_HTTP']),'OperaMini')>0) {
$is_mobile=1;
}
}
if (strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']),'windows')>0) {
$is_mobile=0;
}
return $is_mobile;
}
Check the $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] for mobile user agents.
You should check out http://detectmobilebrowser.com/ for already existing scripts to detect for mobile browsers (it just uses the user agents).
You can try The WURFL PHP API or Tera-Wurfl
http://mobiledetect.net/ is another lightweight php class, but you mist keep in mind that checking User-agent is a good but not perfect way, the issue is rules are constantly out-dated and incomplete so you need to change the detection code continuously.
Also check https://modernizr.com/ for another way to detect.
Nowadays, what do you consider "a mobile device"?
User agent parsers will give very good results, except for rare edge cases. The problem is that you have to constantly update them if you store the data locally or depend on the service being online if you use it "in the cloud".
It is better to use a functionality detection library, e.g. Modernizr, send to your server information about the browser capabilities on first visit and serve appropriate content based on what the browser can or cannot do. Or even better, delegate that to Javascript.
The desktop browser usually sends requests with the following header:
Sec-CH-UA-Mobile: ?0
The browser on the mobile device usually sends requests with the following header:
Sec-CH-UA-Mobile: ?1
So, you could check this using code like the following:
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_SEC_CH_UA_MOBILE']) &&
$_SERVER['HTTP_SEC_CH_UA_MOBILE']=='?1')
{
...
}
Ok I've seen a couple of mobile detection scripts that look to identify all mobile handsets, anyone come up with a simple Smart Phone detection script?
I'm using the jQueryMobile framework and wanted to theme based on device, Am I going about this the wrong way or are there any tips one could give?
What defines a Smart Phone?
What I've seen but I think are way to complex for smartphone detection:
HDAPI
Zend UserAgent
PHP get_browser()
WURFL PHP API
PHP Lightweight Mobile Detection
I like this function here but still needs to be trimmed down:
/**
* A simple class used to detect whether page<br>
* is being viewed from a mobile device or not.
* #copyright 2010 Covac Software
* #author Christian Sciberras
* #version 01/05/2010
*/
class Mobile {
public static function is_mobile(){
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; // get the user agent value - this should be cleaned to ensure no nefarious input gets executed
$accept = $_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT']; // get the content accept value - this should be cleaned to ensure no nefarious input gets executed
return false
|| (preg_match('/ipad/i',$user_agent))
|| (preg_match('/ipod/i',$user_agent)||preg_match('/iphone/i',$user_agent))
|| (preg_match('/android/i',$user_agent))
|| (preg_match('/opera mini/i',$user_agent))
|| (preg_match('/blackberry/i',$user_agent))
|| (preg_match('/(pre\/|palm os|palm|hiptop|avantgo|plucker|xiino|blazer|elaine)/i',$user_agent))
|| (preg_match('/(iris|3g_t|windows ce|opera mobi|windows ce; smartphone;|windows ce; iemobile)/i',$user_agent))
|| (preg_match('/(mini 9.5|vx1000|lge |m800|e860|u940|ux840|compal|wireless| mobi|ahong|lg380|lgku|lgu900|lg210|lg47|lg920|lg840|lg370|sam-r|mg50|s55|g83|t66|vx400|mk99|d615|d763|el370|sl900|mp500|samu3|samu4|vx10|xda_|samu5|samu6|samu7|samu9|a615|b832|m881|s920|n210|s700|c-810|_h797|mob-x|sk16d|848b|mowser|s580|r800|471x|v120|rim8|c500foma:|160x|x160|480x|x640|t503|w839|i250|sprint|w398samr810|m5252|c7100|mt126|x225|s5330|s820|htil-g1|fly v71|s302|-x113|novarra|k610i|-three|8325rc|8352rc|sanyo|vx54|c888|nx250|n120|mtk |c5588|s710|t880|c5005|i;458x|p404i|s210|c5100|teleca|s940|c500|s590|foma|samsu|vx8|vx9|a1000|_mms|myx|a700|gu1100|bc831|e300|ems100|me701|me702m-three|sd588|s800|8325rc|ac831|mw200|brew |d88|htc\/|htc_touch|355x|m50|km100|d736|p-9521|telco|sl74|ktouch|m4u\/|me702|8325rc|kddi|phone|lg |sonyericsson|samsung|240x|x320|vx10|nokia|sony cmd|motorola|up.browser|up.link|mmp|symbian|smartphone|midp|wap|vodafone|o2|pocket|kindle|mobile|psp|treo)/i',$user_agent))
|| ((strpos($accept,'text/vnd.wap.wml')>0)||(strpos($accept,'application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml')>0))
|| (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE'])||isset($_SERVER['HTTP_PROFILE']))
|| (in_array(strtolower(substr($user_agent,0,4)),array('1207'=>'1207','3gso'=>'3gso','4thp'=>'4thp','501i'=>'501i','502i'=>'502i','503i'=>'503i','504i'=>'504i','505i'=>'505i','506i'=>'506i','6310'=>'6310','6590'=>'6590','770s'=>'770s','802s'=>'802s','a wa'=>'a wa','acer'=>'acer','acs-'=>'acs-','airn'=>'airn','alav'=>'alav','asus'=>'asus','attw'=>'attw','au-m'=>'au-m','aur '=>'aur ','aus '=>'aus ','abac'=>'abac','acoo'=>'acoo','aiko'=>'aiko','alco'=>'alco','alca'=>'alca','amoi'=>'amoi','anex'=>'anex','anny'=>'anny','anyw'=>'anyw','aptu'=>'aptu','arch'=>'arch','argo'=>'argo','bell'=>'bell','bird'=>'bird','bw-n'=>'bw-n','bw-u'=>'bw-u','beck'=>'beck','benq'=>'benq','bilb'=>'bilb','blac'=>'blac','c55/'=>'c55/','cdm-'=>'cdm-','chtm'=>'chtm','capi'=>'capi','cond'=>'cond','craw'=>'craw','dall'=>'dall','dbte'=>'dbte','dc-s'=>'dc-s','dica'=>'dica','ds-d'=>'ds-d','ds12'=>'ds12','dait'=>'dait','devi'=>'devi','dmob'=>'dmob','doco'=>'doco','dopo'=>'dopo','el49'=>'el49','erk0'=>'erk0','esl8'=>'esl8','ez40'=>'ez40','ez60'=>'ez60','ez70'=>'ez70','ezos'=>'ezos','ezze'=>'ezze','elai'=>'elai','emul'=>'emul','eric'=>'eric','ezwa'=>'ezwa','fake'=>'fake','fly-'=>'fly-','fly_'=>'fly_','g-mo'=>'g-mo','g1 u'=>'g1 u','g560'=>'g560','gf-5'=>'gf-5','grun'=>'grun','gene'=>'gene','go.w'=>'go.w','good'=>'good','grad'=>'grad','hcit'=>'hcit','hd-m'=>'hd-m','hd-p'=>'hd-p','hd-t'=>'hd-t','hei-'=>'hei-','hp i'=>'hp i','hpip'=>'hpip','hs-c'=>'hs-c','htc '=>'htc ','htc-'=>'htc-','htca'=>'htca','htcg'=>'htcg','htcp'=>'htcp','htcs'=>'htcs','htct'=>'htct','htc_'=>'htc_','haie'=>'haie','hita'=>'hita','huaw'=>'huaw','hutc'=>'hutc','i-20'=>'i-20','i-go'=>'i-go','i-ma'=>'i-ma','i230'=>'i230','iac'=>'iac','iac-'=>'iac-','iac/'=>'iac/','ig01'=>'ig01','im1k'=>'im1k','inno'=>'inno','iris'=>'iris','jata'=>'jata','java'=>'java','kddi'=>'kddi','kgt'=>'kgt','kgt/'=>'kgt/','kpt '=>'kpt ','kwc-'=>'kwc-','klon'=>'klon','lexi'=>'lexi','lg g'=>'lg g','lg-a'=>'lg-a','lg-b'=>'lg-b','lg-c'=>'lg-c','lg-d'=>'lg-d','lg-f'=>'lg-f','lg-g'=>'lg-g','lg-k'=>'lg-k','lg-l'=>'lg-l','lg-m'=>'lg-m','lg-o'=>'lg-o','lg-p'=>'lg-p','lg-s'=>'lg-s','lg-t'=>'lg-t','lg-u'=>'lg-u','lg-w'=>'lg-w','lg/k'=>'lg/k','lg/l'=>'lg/l','lg/u'=>'lg/u','lg50'=>'lg50','lg54'=>'lg54','lge-'=>'lge-','lge/'=>'lge/','lynx'=>'lynx','leno'=>'leno','m1-w'=>'m1-w','m3ga'=>'m3ga','m50/'=>'m50/','maui'=>'maui','mc01'=>'mc01','mc21'=>'mc21','mcca'=>'mcca','medi'=>'medi','meri'=>'meri','mio8'=>'mio8','mioa'=>'mioa','mo01'=>'mo01','mo02'=>'mo02','mode'=>'mode','modo'=>'modo','mot '=>'mot ','mot-'=>'mot-','mt50'=>'mt50','mtp1'=>'mtp1','mtv '=>'mtv ','mate'=>'mate','maxo'=>'maxo','merc'=>'merc','mits'=>'mits','mobi'=>'mobi','motv'=>'motv','mozz'=>'mozz','n100'=>'n100','n101'=>'n101','n102'=>'n102','n202'=>'n202','n203'=>'n203','n300'=>'n300','n302'=>'n302','n500'=>'n500','n502'=>'n502','n505'=>'n505','n700'=>'n700','n701'=>'n701','n710'=>'n710','nec-'=>'nec-','nem-'=>'nem-','newg'=>'newg','neon'=>'neon','netf'=>'netf','noki'=>'noki','nzph'=>'nzph','o2 x'=>'o2 x','o2-x'=>'o2-x','opwv'=>'opwv','owg1'=>'owg1','opti'=>'opti','oran'=>'oran','p800'=>'p800','pand'=>'pand','pg-1'=>'pg-1','pg-2'=>'pg-2','pg-3'=>'pg-3','pg-6'=>'pg-6','pg-8'=>'pg-8','pg-c'=>'pg-c','pg13'=>'pg13','phil'=>'phil','pn-2'=>'pn-2','pt-g'=>'pt-g','palm'=>'palm','pana'=>'pana','pire'=>'pire','pock'=>'pock','pose'=>'pose','psio'=>'psio','qa-a'=>'qa-a','qc-2'=>'qc-2','qc-3'=>'qc-3','qc-5'=>'qc-5','qc-7'=>'qc-7','qc07'=>'qc07','qc12'=>'qc12','qc21'=>'qc21','qc32'=>'qc32','qc60'=>'qc60','qci-'=>'qci-','qwap'=>'qwap','qtek'=>'qtek','r380'=>'r380','r600'=>'r600','raks'=>'raks','rim9'=>'rim9','rove'=>'rove','s55/'=>'s55/','sage'=>'sage','sams'=>'sams','sc01'=>'sc01','sch-'=>'sch-','scp-'=>'scp-','sdk/'=>'sdk/','se47'=>'se47','sec-'=>'sec-','sec0'=>'sec0','sec1'=>'sec1','semc'=>'semc','sgh-'=>'sgh-','shar'=>'shar','sie-'=>'sie-','sk-0'=>'sk-0','sl45'=>'sl45','slid'=>'slid','smb3'=>'smb3','smt5'=>'smt5','sp01'=>'sp01','sph-'=>'sph-','spv '=>'spv ','spv-'=>'spv-','sy01'=>'sy01','samm'=>'samm','sany'=>'sany','sava'=>'sava','scoo'=>'scoo','send'=>'send','siem'=>'siem','smar'=>'smar','smit'=>'smit','soft'=>'soft','sony'=>'sony','t-mo'=>'t-mo','t218'=>'t218','t250'=>'t250','t600'=>'t600','t610'=>'t610','t618'=>'t618','tcl-'=>'tcl-','tdg-'=>'tdg-','telm'=>'telm','tim-'=>'tim-','ts70'=>'ts70','tsm-'=>'tsm-','tsm3'=>'tsm3','tsm5'=>'tsm5','tx-9'=>'tx-9','tagt'=>'tagt','talk'=>'talk','teli'=>'teli','topl'=>'topl','hiba'=>'hiba','up.b'=>'up.b','upg1'=>'upg1','utst'=>'utst','v400'=>'v400','v750'=>'v750','veri'=>'veri','vk-v'=>'vk-v','vk40'=>'vk40','vk50'=>'vk50','vk52'=>'vk52','vk53'=>'vk53','vm40'=>'vm40','vx98'=>'vx98','virg'=>'virg','vite'=>'vite','voda'=>'voda','vulc'=>'vulc','w3c '=>'w3c ','w3c-'=>'w3c-','wapj'=>'wapj','wapp'=>'wapp','wapu'=>'wapu','wapm'=>'wapm','wig '=>'wig 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;
}
}
UPDATE:
Another approach I thought of was the Mobile OS and then filter by device, ANyone have thoughts on this?
Another interesting link: PHP to Detect Browser and Operating System
I am not pretty sure if I understand what you are trying to achieve and with "wanted to theme based on device".
So, will you put a BlackBerry logo if the user has a BlackBerry device (so it should be dependent on the manufacturer) or will your web app be denpendent on the screen size? Or depenedent on the features of HTML5/CSS3?
Also in web development I try to do one website for all. The same I do with jQuery Mobile and it works great. I did one design, which works for Opera (Win), Firefox (Win + Mac), IE9, Safari (Win, Mac, iPad), Google Chrome (Win). And I do no CSS hacks!
Your web app should be nearly independent of the screen size, I only have css media limitations and some JavaScript functions which design the page.
If you want to check the HTML5 / CSS3 support of the webbrowser, you should never check the mobile device itself, you need to check the function itself.
So, bad style is checking if the webbrowser is IE in version 7, 8, 9, because you will never know which function will work in which version. You check the functionality you need. And this can be done with Modernizr:
http://diveintohtml5.ep.io/detect.html#modernizr
http://www.modernizr.com/
Other checks, jQuery can handle it.
There are so many different mobile devices and so little standardization, and you probably would need to update your detection script from time to time as well as add new devices to the list. I found that www.handsetdetection.com has pretty complete list of handsets you can download. Also you can use their API for the real time detection on their side.
I don't know how it works on your app but I'd recommend to add detection info to your users' cookies in order to make api calls only for the unique devices.
Here is an example how I did this in startup plugin for ZF project
class Application_Plugin_HandsetDetection extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{
public function routeStartup(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)
{
$cookies = Zend_Controller_Action_HelperBroker::getStaticHelper('Cookies');
if ($cookies->isVersion('mobile')) {
$this->getResponse()->setRedirect($mobile);
}
if ($cookies->isVersion('full')){
return;
}
$device = new Application_Service_HandsetDetection();
if (!$device->isMobile()) {
$cookies->setVersion('full');
return;
}
$cookies->setVersion('mobile');
$this->getResponse()->setRedirect($mobile);
}
}