Class: Net_UserAgent_Detect

Net_UserAgent_Detect Net_UserAgent_Detect( [ $in_userAgent = null], [ $in_detect = null])

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void detect( [string $in_userAgent = null], [mixed $in_detect = null])

Detect the user agent and prepare flags, features and quirks based on what is found

This is the core of the Net_UserAgent_Detect class. It moves its way through the user agent string setting up the flags based on the vendors and versions of the browsers, determining the OS and setting up the features and quirks owned by each of the relevant clients. Note that if you are going to be calling methods of this class statically then set all the parameters using th setOption()

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string getAcceptType( string $in_expectList, string $in_type)

Retrive the accept type for the current browser.

To keep track of the mime-types, languages, charsets and encodings that each browser accepts we use associative arrays for each type. This function works like getBrowser() as it takes an expect list and returns the first match. For instance, to find the language you would pass in your allowed languages and see if any of the languages set in the browser match.

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string getBrowser( array $in_expectList)

Since simply returning the "browser" is somewhat ambiguous since there are different ways to classify the browser, this function works by taking an expect list and returning the string of the first match, so put the important ones first in the array.

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string getBrowserString( [array $in_vendorStrings = null])

This function returns the vendor string corresponding to the flag.

Either use the default matches or pass in an associative array of flags and corresponding vendor strings. This function will find the highest version flag and return the vendor string corresponding to the appropriate flag. Be sure to pass in the flags in ascending order if you want a basic matches first, followed by more detailed matches.

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string getFeature( string $in_feature)

Get the capabilities for the current browser.

Since the capabilities of client browsers vary widly, this interface helps keep track of the core features of a client, such as if the client supports dhtml, dom, javascript, etc.

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string getOS( $in_expectList)

Since simply returning the "os" is somewhat ambiguous since there are different ways to classify the browser, this function works by taking an expect list and returning the string of the first match, so put the important ones first in the array.

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string getOSString( [array $in_osStrings = null])

This function returns the os string corresponding to the flag.

Either use the default matches or pass in an associative array of flags and corresponding os strings. This function will find the highest version flag and return the os string corresponding to the appropriate flag. Be sure to pass in the flags in ascending order if you want a basic matches first, followed by more detailed matches.

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string getQuirk( string $in_quirk)

Get the unique behavior for the current browser.

Many client browsers do some really funky things, and this mechanism allows the coder to determine if an excepetion must be made with the current client.

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string getUserAgent( )

Return the user agent string that is being worked on

bool hasAcceptType( string $in_value, string $in_type)

Check the accept types for the current browser.

To keep track of the mime-types, languages, charsets and encodings that each browser accepts we use associative arrays for each type. This function checks the array for the given type and determines if the browser accepts it.

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bool hasFeature( string $in_feature)

Check the capabilities for the current browser.

Since the capabilities of client browsers vary widly, this interface helps keep track of the core features of a client, such as if the client supports dhtml, dom, javascript, etc.

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bool hasQuirk( string $in_quirk)

Check a unique behavior for the current browser.

Many client browsers do some really funky things, and this mechanism allows the coder to determine if an excepetion must be made with the current client.

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boolean isBrowser( string $in_match)

Look up the provide browser flag and return a boolean value

Given one of the flags listed in the properties, this function will return the value associated with that flag.

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bool isIE( )

Determine if the browser is an Internet Explorer browser

bool isNavigator( )

Determine if the browser is a Netscape Navigator browser

bool isNetscape( )

Determine if the browser is a Netscape or Mozilla browser

Note that this function is not the same as isNavigator, since the new Mozilla browsers are still sponsered by Netscape, and hence are Netscape products, but not the original Navigators

boolean isOS( string $in_match)

Look up the provide OS flag and return a boolean value

Given one of the flags listed in the properties, this function will return the value associated with that flag for the operating system.

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void setAcceptType( array $in_values, string $in_type)

Set the accept types for the current browser.

To keep track of the mime-types, languages, charsets and encodings that each browser accepts we use associative arrays for each type. This function takes and array of accepted values for the type and records them for retrieval.

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void setFeature( string $in_feature, [string $in_hasFeature = true])

Set capabilities for the current browser.

Since the capabilities of client browsers vary widly, this interface helps keep track of the core features of a client, such as if the client supports dhtml, dom, javascript, etc.

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void setOption( string $in_field, mixed $in_value)

Sets a class option. The available settings are:

• 'userAgent' => The user agent string to detect (useful for

checking a string manually).

• 'detectOptions' => The level of checking to do. A single level
• r an array of options. Default is NET_USERAGENT_DETECT_ALL.

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void setQuirk( string $in_quirk, [string $in_hasQuirk = true])

Set a unique behavior for the current browser.

Many client browsers do some really funky things, and this mechanism allows the coder to determine if an excepetion must be made with the current client.

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object Net_UserAgent_Detect &singleton( [ $in_userAgent = null], [ $in_detect = null])

To be used in place of the contructor to return only open instance.

Overridden in child classes as:

Net_UserAgent_Detect_APC::singleton()

To be used in place of the contructor to return only open instance.

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