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internet-explorer-8operauser-agent
montooner
montooner

Reputation: 1132

Why does ie8's user agent return 'opera'?

My code at: http://www.mgxvideo.com/mgxcopy-dev/get_browser.php, returns Opera when I run IE8. My source is:

<?php
$browser = get_browser(null, true);
echo $browser['browser'];
?>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 979

Answers (2)

benc
benc

Reputation: 2051

You should use a lower-level tool, like a packet trace or server logging or a header dump to see what is being sent.

Upvotes: 0

John Feminella
John Feminella

Reputation: 311536

It doesn't. The get_browser() function is making educated (but ill-informed) guesses about which browser the user-agent is running. Your browser capabilities file is likely outdated, probably because it was made before IE8 was released. Update it here.

The real IE8 user-agent string looks something like this:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0)

Upvotes: 3

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