ID: 34683 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: skissane at gmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Verified -Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function +Bug Type: Documentation problem -Operating System: Linux (FC4) +Operating System: Irrelevant -PHP Version: 5.0.5 +PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment:
It does use the HTTP_USER_AGENT. But it does not use it from $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], this is a documentation error. (you can't just change any pre-set $_SERVER values!) You need to pass the function the different browser agent string if you think the one found in $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] isn't correct. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-30 10:12:22] skissane at gmail dot com Sniper, what renders this "bogus"? The docs imply it behaves a certain way... and it doesn't. Either the docs are wrong or the code is wrong -- either way there is a bug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-30 10:07:30] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-30 07:52:01] skissane at gmail dot com Description: ------------ According to the docs "By default, the value of $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] is used". However, setting this to a different value does not change the output of get_browser with no arguments. Indeed, under CLI SAPI, HTTP_USER_AGENT is not set initially, and even if you set it by hand before calling get_browser() it still gives an error that it is not set. Reproduce code: --------------- Run from CLI SAPI: <? $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050717 Firefox/1.0.6"; echo is_object(get_browser($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"])) ? "Y" : "N"; echo is_object(get_browser()) ? "Y" : "N"; Expected result: ---------------- YY Actual result: -------------- Y Warning: get_browser(): HTTP_USER_AGENT variable is not set, cannot determine user agent name in /data/www/simon/Handbook/test.php on line 4 N ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34683&edit=1
