Hi all, I wanted to share with you that we have (finally!) a version of BrowserHawk that works great with PHP. There is nothing to install to use it either. Its called BrowserHawk To-Go (BHTG) an integrates instantly with any PHP page(s) just by including a single line of code in the page. See www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg .
For a while now many PHP developers have been asking us to add PHP support to BrowserHawk. We initially tried to provide this by leveraging our existing Java code base and making an interface to it through a PHP to Java bridge. However this was too complicated for many to get working and performance was far from ideal. BHTG, on the other hand, provides an instant "drop in" solution for PHP developers that works extremely fast and is seamless. Here is a summary of what BrowserHawk does for unfamiliar with it: - detects 100+ browser/system properties including connection speed and latency, installed plug-ins, browser type/version/platform, mobile devices, Java settings, blocked popups and more. Essentially a robust and comprehensive browser sniffer with big advantages over user agent sniffing and how grown sniffers. - adds an instant browser troubleshooting page to any site, without any programming required. You specify what your "rules" are (such as what browsers and settings are required) and it presents the user with a checklist and shows them where they are good and what needs to be fixed - an provides self-help for the user to correct their incompatible settings or missing plug-ins. It will also email you a report that contains the results of their browser test and a description of the issue so you can troubleshoot easily. Give it a try on this page: www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg/bhtg_ret.aspx . - monitors the actual page load times as experienced by each user on the site. This is not a ping test or synthetic monitoring, but rather the *actual* load times, including latency, that each user experienced on each page on your site. - tracks and reports back to you on any JavaScript errors users encounter while on your site. There are errors which occur in the wild which developers often do not know about because with their test cases the errors do not occur. Also new is the pricing model. With BHTG there are no upfront licensing fees. Instead you pay a small monthly fee (staring at $0.35 - $3.50) based on your usage. You pay for only what you use, and there are no minimums. There is also a free version of BHTG you can use from development and testing boxes. To try out the free account go to www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg/signup.aspx. For more information see www.cyscape.com/products/bhtg . We're very much looking forward to the feedback from the PHP community on how you like BHTG so please give it a try and let us know! Thanks, Kevin Product Engineer cyScape, Inc, www.cyscape.com Makers of BrowserHawk
