Detecting screen resolution in php

[Archbob]

Can anybody tell me how to detect a users screen resolution in php?

[coo_t2]

Can anybody tell me how to detect a users screen resolution in php?

You can't use javascript?

[coo_t2]

Something like this?
http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jscreen.htm

You could maybe use XMLHttpRequest/AJAX to do it "quietly".

[Archbob]

Well, I want to do it in php so I can render two different sites for those above a certain resolution and those below a certain resolution.

The window href thing doesn't quite work.

[coo_t2]

Well, I want to do it in php so I can render two different sites for those above a certain resolution and those below a certain resolution.

The window href thing doesn't quite work.

Did you read that whole page?

[coo_t2]

why wouldn't this work?

    <SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
   <!--
   if ((screen.width>=1024) && (screen.height>=768))
   {
    window.location="highres.html";
   }
   else
   {
     window.location="lowres.html";
   }
   //-->
    </SCRIPT>

You could change that to something like:

window.location = "scriptname.php?res=low"

or

window.location = "scriptname.php?res=high"

Couldn't you?

Edit:



You could put that script inside a PHP if statement so it only checks the first time.

[logic_earth]

PHP is server-side it can not do client-side stuff.

[Archbob]

why wouldn't this work?

<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!--
if ((screen.width>=1024) && (screen.height>=768))
{
window.location="highres.html";
}
else
{
window.location="lowres.html";
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>

You could change that to something like:

window.location = "scriptname.php?res=low"

or

window.location = "scriptname.php?res=high"

Couldn't you?

Edit:



You could put that script inside a PHP if statement so it only checks the first time.

Thanks, my lack of creativity disgusts me.

[_theworks]

Well, I want to do it in php so I can render two different sites for those above a certain resolution and those below a certain resolution.

i wouldnt recommend creating differnt pages for different screen dimensions.

just make your design 'scalable'

[Archbob]

Thats not always possible, especially since advertisement only come in a few sizes.