-- Inash Zubair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 31 January 2008, 04:55 PM +0500): > 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.
ContextSwitch currently only looks for a given parameter in the request. However, once we have UserAgent detection, I can write support for that into ContextSwitch. UserAgent support will *not* happen by 1.5, however. > 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 -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney PHP Developer | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/
