> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mignon Hunter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 January 2003 16:32
> 
> Question:  Why is it that from an IE client I get the following:
> 
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)
> 
> Why does it say mozilla ???

The clue here is in the next word: "compatible" -- that's Microsoft Internet Explorer 
(MSIE) 6.0 claiming it's compatible with Mozilla 4.0 browsers (of course, it's not, 
but that's MS for you!).

> 
> Here's my code:
> 
> Your are currently using: <br>
> <?printf ($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]); ?><br>
> 
> You are using : <?printf ($HTTP_USER_AGENT);?> browser 
> 
> 
> btw - Both produce the same.  Is it because the apache webserver uses
> Mozilla in a default sort of way ???   hum .

Absolutely nothing to do with Apache -- it's just reporting what the user's browser is 
telling it.  They're the same because they *are* the same: $HTTP_USER_AGENT is the 
register_globals copy of the $_SERVER[] element.

Cheers!

Mike

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