Redirection based on browswer

[malnemesis]

I'm new to PHP and I am trying to get a redirection to work based on if the user has Firefox or Internet Explorer. So far I have:

<?php

$browser = get_browser( null, true )
if( $browser['browser'] == 'Firefox' )
{
header('location: ff.htm');
}
else
{
header('location: ie.htm');

?>

But upon loading it, the redirection won't happen. The host I have uses .php4, don't know if it makes a difference. Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Da Masta Brain]

you need another semicolon, and another '}'. Like this:

<?php
$browser = get_browser( null, true );
if( $browser['browser'] == 'Firefox' )
{
header('location: ff.htm');
}
else
{
header('location: ie.htm');
}
?>

[mudshark]

What does print_r($browser) tell you?
Are you suppressing php warnings? I just did a test locally, and got this: "Warning: get_browser(): browscap ini directive not set."

[malnemesis]

Well, that code works now, except it doesn't redirect based on broswer properly. It automatically fails the if statement and goes to else. I'm assuming it's a browser name problem. I tried getting browser info and inputing various things for browser name, but didn't have any luck. What should Firefox and MSIE be called so they will be detected properly?

[markl999]

Why not echo it as a test and see what it's set to?
echo $browser['browser'];
exit;

[TomH]

I've never really liked or trusted the get_browser() function. Normally I'd use something like this instead:

if ((isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) && (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Firefox') !== false)) {
    // The user has Firefox
} 

[malnemesis]

I have this now:

<?php
if ((isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) && (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Firefox') !== false)) {
// The user has Firefox
{
header('location: ff.htm');
}
else
{
header('location: ie.htm');
}
?>

But that won't work, it just loads my index file as a blank white page, not the file it's suppose to lead to.

[defiance]

try this

<?php
if ((isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) && (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Firefox') !== false)) {
// The user has Firefox

header('location: ff.htm');
}
else
{
header('location: ie.htm');
}
?>

[malnemesis]

Wooo! It works now, thank you very much!