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How did you exclude IE6 ?

Thread begun 10/03/2009 6:44 pm by Reynold | Last modified 10/04/2009 1:06 pm by Dave Buchholz | 2424 views | 2 replies |

10/03/2009 6:44 pm | #1 Reynold

How did you exclude IE6 ?

Hello,

It is technically interesting but how did you do it? Exclude IE6 browsers viewing your website and pages! Did you have to programme your header page?

10/04/2009 8:25 am | #2 Ray BorduinWebAssist

We added a simple script that checks the header for browser version and redirects. The script is implemented in the php code.

Did this help? Tips are appreciated...

10/04/2009 1:06 pm | #3 Dave BuchholzBeta Tester

Browser detection is a thorny subject to say the least as headers can be manipulated, but a simple method of detection in php would like like this:

<?php
// get the User Agent 
$user_agent = getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT");
// check if identified as Internet Explorer
if (preg_match("/MSIE/i", $user_agent)) 
{ 
// do IE  stuff
}
else
{
// do non ie stuff
}
?>

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