Hi Christer, Matthew. Sorry I missed sending this previously to the list. Here it is now.
I'm assuming the purpose of this component is to detect the type of client and customize the output to fit it's capabilities. There is a similar component already in the incubator for version 1.5 and probably that will be rolled out with the PR version of 1.5 that is Zend_Controller_Action_Helper_ContextSwitch which does something similar. Matthew: Is there a possibility both these proposals could be glued!? The purpose is similar as far as I know but how the context is determined is different. Cheers. On 1/31/08, Matthew Weier O'Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- Simone Carletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > (on Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 09:52 PM +0100): > > a friend of mine created the best ASP class for user agent sniffing. > > It's a long time project, started more than 5 years ago. It's called > WBStat. > > http://www.useragents.org/develop-wbstat.asp > > > > 4 years ago I created a tracking tool and this class was part of the > > application core. > > We made a kind of partnership: I was in charge of providing the class > tons of > > new user agents and my friend was in charge of updating the database. > > This is the result: http://www.useragents.org/ > > Probably on of the huge useragent database, daily updated with > > > > * 153 browsers, > > * 221 robots, > > * 89 operating systems > > * 2045 unique user-agent string (the real database is more than 400k > user > > agents) > > > > Have a look at what the class can do just from an user agent! > > http://www.useragents.org/develop-wbstat.asp?w=demo > > > > I always promised to myself (and to him!) to create a PHP porting of > this > > excellent tool for ZF. > > You should definitely have a look at the class. > > > > It is Italian based but the code is international! ;) > > The class is just the core, client definitions are stored in 3 external > XML > > files that can be easily adapted to ZF needs. > > > > You should definitely have a look at this wonderful piece of code. :) > > Before he does, what is the license? Depending on the license, we may > not be able to accept such a port... > > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Christer Edvartsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > > I have created a page in the wiki that will hold the proposal for a > > Zend_UserAgent component. The proposal does not hold that much > > information yet, but I will add some more as soon as I get some > feedback > > from you guys. It's located at > > http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/ > > Zend_UserAgent+-+Christer+Edvartsen > > > > The component is supposed to be used to classify user agents into > some > > predefined categories. I suggest the following categories: > > > > * Browser > > * RSS Reader > > * Mobile Device > > * Robot > > > > A Zend_Controller_Action helper could also be made by using this > > component but I guess something like this could live outside of a > > typical MVC application so I suggest it as a separate component. > > > > There are several user agent databases out there, and the one I was > > thinking about using is http://www.user-agents.org/ which has an > > extensive list of user agent strings. One problem is that the > database > > does not have the "Mobile device" category. The list is huge though > > (2500+ user agents) and I don't think it would be necessary to use > > _every_ user agent string in that database. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas of how to decide of what list we could > use > > for something like this? The component will be made in such a manner > > that developers can add their own list/database if they think the > one we > > provide is not sufficient. > > > > The component could also be extended to fetch some more detalied > > information about mobile devices using WURFL > > (http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/). > > > > Any comments? > > > > > > -- > > Christer Edvartsen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://cogo.wordpress.com/ > > > > > > -- > Matthew Weier O'Phinney > PHP Developer | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/ > -- Inash Zubair
