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<section id="user-agent-class">
<h1>User Agent Class<a class="headerlink" href="#user-agent-class" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>The User Agent Class provides functions that help identify information
about the browser, mobile device, or robot visiting your site.</p>
<nav class="contents local" id="contents">
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#using-the-user-agent-class" id="id1">Using the User Agent Class</a></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#initializing-the-class" id="id2">Initializing the Class</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#user-agent-definitions" id="id3">User Agent Definitions</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#example" id="id4">Example</a></p></li>
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<section id="using-the-user-agent-class">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" role="doc-backlink">Using the User Agent Class</a><a class="headerlink" href="#using-the-user-agent-class" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<section id="initializing-the-class">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" role="doc-backlink">Initializing the Class</a><a class="headerlink" href="#initializing-the-class" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The User Agent class is always available directly from the current <a class="reference internal" href="../incoming/incomingrequest.html"><span class="doc">IncomingRequest</span></a> instance.
By default, you will have a request instance in your controller that you can retrieve the
User Agent class from:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="nv">$agent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">request</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getUserAgent</span><span class="p">();</span>
</pre></div>
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<section id="user-agent-definitions">
<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">User Agent Definitions</a><a class="headerlink" href="#user-agent-definitions" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The user agent name definitions are located in a config file located at:
<strong>app/Config/UserAgents.php</strong>. You may add items to the various
user agent arrays if needed.</p>
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<h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">Example</a><a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>When the User Agent class is initialized it will attempt to determine
whether the user agent browsing your site is a web browser, a mobile
device, or a robot. It will also gather the platform information if it
is available:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="nv">$agent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">request</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getUserAgent</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isBrowser</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nv">$currentAgent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getBrowser</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="s1">&#39; &#39;</span> <span class="o">.</span> <span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getVersion</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">elseif</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isRobot</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nv">$currentAgent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getRobot</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">elseif</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isMobile</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nv">$currentAgent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getMobile</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nv">$currentAgent</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Unidentified User Agent&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$currentAgent</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getPlatform</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="c1">// Platform info (Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
</section>
<section id="namespace-CodeIgniter\HTTP">
<span id="class-reference"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" role="doc-backlink">Class Reference</a><a class="headerlink" href="#namespace-CodeIgniter\HTTP" title="Permalink to this heading"></a></h2>
<dl class="php class">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span> </em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">CodeIgniter\HTTP\</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UserAgent</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isBrowser">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">isBrowser</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="pre">$key</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">null</span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isBrowser" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>$key</strong> (<span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span>) Optional browser name</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>true if the user agent is a (specified) browser, false if not</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bool</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns true/false (boolean) if the user agent is a known web browser.</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isBrowser</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Safari&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="s1">&#39;You are using Safari.&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">elseif</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isBrowser</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="s1">&#39;You are using a browser.&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The string “Safari” in this example is an array key in the list of browser definitions.
You can find this list in <strong>app/Config/UserAgents.php</strong> if you want to add new
browsers or change the strings.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isMobile">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">isMobile</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="pre">$key</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">null</span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isMobile" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>$key</strong> (<span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span>) Optional mobile device name</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>true if the user agent is a (specified) mobile device, false if not</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bool</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns true/false (boolean) if the user agent is a known mobile device.</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isMobile</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;iphone&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;iphone/home&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">elseif</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isMobile</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;mobile/home&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">else</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;web/home&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isRobot">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">isRobot</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="pre">$key</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">null</span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isRobot" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>$key</strong> (<span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span>) Optional robot name</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>true if the user agent is a (specified) robot, false if not</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bool</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns true/false (boolean) if the user agent is a known robot.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The user agent library only contains the most common robot definitions. It is not a complete list of bots.
There are hundreds of them so searching for each one would not be very efficient. If you find that some bots
that commonly visit your site are missing from the list you can add them to your
<strong>app/Config/UserAgents.php</strong> file.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isReferral">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">isReferral</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::isReferral" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>true if the user agent is a referral, false if not</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bool</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns true/false (boolean) if the user agent was referred from another site.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getBrowser">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getBrowser</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getBrowser" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Detected browser or an empty string</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns a string containing the name of the web browser viewing your site.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getVersion">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getVersion</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getVersion" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Detected browser version or an empty string</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns a string containing the version number of the web browser viewing your site.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getMobile">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getMobile</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getMobile" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Detected mobile device brand or an empty string</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns a string containing the name of the mobile device viewing your site.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getRobot">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getRobot</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getRobot" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Detected robot name or an empty string</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns a string containing the name of the robot viewing your site.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getPlatform">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getPlatform</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getPlatform" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Detected operating system or an empty string</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns a string containing the platform viewing your site (Linux, Windows, OS X, etc.).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getReferrer">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getReferrer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getReferrer" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Detected referrer or an empty string</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The referrer, if the user agent was referred from another site. Typically youll test for this as follows:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">isReferral</span><span class="p">())</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$agent</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">getReferrer</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getAgentString">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getAgentString</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::getAgentString" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Full user agent string or an empty string</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Returns a string containing the full user agent string. Typically it will be something like this:</p>
<div class="highlight-html+php notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">Mozilla</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mf">5.0</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">Macintosh</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nx">U</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nx">Intel</span> <span class="nx">Mac</span> <span class="nx">OS</span> <span class="nx">X</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nx">en</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="nx">US</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nx">rv</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="mf">1.8</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">0.4</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="nx">Gecko</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mi">20060613</span> <span class="nx">Camino</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mf">1.0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mi">2</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="php method">
<dt class="sig sig-object php" id="CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::parse">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">parse</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="pre">$string</span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent::parse" title="Permalink to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>$string</strong> (<span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">string</span></code></span>) A custom user-agent string</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><span><code class="xref php php-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">void</span></code></span></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Parses a custom user-agent string, different from the one reported by the current visitor.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
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