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Nathan F.
Nathan F.

Reputation: 3469

Detect Browser Vs. Software PHP

So. I'm accessing a PHP page and reading some data from it using a Java URL() object. I was wondering if someone could show me how, using PHP, to check if the person viewing the page is accessing it from the Java application, or from a real web browser (I don't want them to see the data if they're using a web browser).

My current Java Code is:

    try{
        URL url = new URL("http://www.mysite.com/myurl.php");
        Scanner s = new Scanner(url.openStream());
        while(s.hasNext()){
            String auths = s.next();
            String real = "test";
            if(auths.equalsIgnoreCase(real)){
                return true;
            }else{
                return false;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }catch(Exception e){
        return false;
    }

And my PHP file at "http://www.mysite.com/myurl.php" has this code:

<?php echo "test"; ?>

Thing is, I only want the PHP file to output the "test", if it's being accessed from the Java application. Can anyone help me out?.. Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 89

Answers (1)

fardjad
fardjad

Reputation: 20404

There is no foolproof solution for what you're trying to do.

Having this said you can use get_browser() or $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] to read the user-agent request header.

Upvotes: 3

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