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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. wolfcast/browser-detection ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) wolfcast/browser-detection ========================== The Wolfcast BrowserDetection PHP class facilitates the identification of the user's environment such as Web browser, version, platform family, platform version or if it's a mobile device or not. 2.9.9(1y ago)1391.0M—9.2%587LGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.3.0 Since Aug 3Pushed 1y ago21 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Wolfcast/BrowserDetection)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/wolfcast/browser-detection)[ Docs](https://github.com/Wolfcast/BrowserDetection)[ RSS](/packages/wolfcast-browser-detection/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)DependenciesVersions (13)Used By (7) BrowserDetection ================ [](#browserdetection) The [Wolfcast](https://wolfcast.com/) BrowserDetection PHP class facilitates the identification of the user's environment such as Web browser, version, platform family, platform version or if it's a mobile device or not. This class will try to detect what the user is using from the `HTTP_USER_AGENT` string sent by the Web browser. A good way to use the class would be to gather user statistics or to report the browser and version used for informational purposes. A bad way to use the class would be to serve content based on the browser and version used. **Sites that rely on the user-agent string should be updated to modern techniques, such as feature detection, adaptive layout, and other modern practices.** Always keep in mind that `HTTP_USER_AGENT` can be easily spoofed by the user. Features -------- [](#features) The [Wolfcast](https://wolfcast.com/) BrowserDetection PHP class is the most accurate detection class. **It has been tested with 14000+ different user agent strings and it have a 99.95% accuracy ratio!** Natively detects the following browsers: - Android - BlackBerry - BlackBerry Tablet OS - Chrome - Edge - Firebird - Firefox - GNU IceCat - GNU IceWeasel - iCab - Internet Explorer - Internet Explorer Mobile - Konqueror - Lynx - Mozilla - MSN TV - Netscape - Nokia Browser - Opera - Opera Mini - Opera Mobile - Phoenix - Safari - Samsung Internet - UC Browser You can also easily add custom rules to support other browsers not natively supported! Natively detects the following robots: - Bingbot - Googlebot - MSNBot - W3C Validator - Yahoo! Multimedia - Yahoo! Slurp You can also easily add custom rules to support other robots not natively supported! Natively detects the following platforms: - Android - BlackBerry - Chrome OS - FreeBSD - iOS - Linux - Macintosh - NetBSD - Nokia - OpenBSD - OpenSolaris - Symbian - Windows - Windows CE - Windows Phone You can also easily add custom rules to support other platforms not natively supported! Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) Requires PHP 5.3 or newer (tested with PHP 8.4.5, 7.4.33 and 5.6.40). Demo and full documentation --------------------------- [](#demo-and-full-documentation) You can try the [live demo](https://wolfcast.com/open-source/browser-detection/tutorial.php) of the class and you can read the [documentation](https://wolfcast.com/open-source/browser-detection/doc/classes/Wolfcast-BrowserDetection.html). Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can add this library as a local, per-project dependency to your project using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) ([Packagist link](https://packagist.org/packages/wolfcast/browser-detection)): ``` composer require wolfcast/browser-detection ``` You can also manually install this library by adding `BrowserDetection.php` (found in the `lib` directory) to your project and then `require_once` the library where needed. Usage ----- [](#usage) ``` require_once('BrowserDetection.php'); $browser = new Wolfcast\BrowserDetection(); if ($browser->getName() == Wolfcast\BrowserDetection::BROWSER_FIREFOX && $browser->compareVersions($browser->getVersion(), '5.0') >= 0) { echo 'You are using FireFox version 5 or greater.'; } ``` History ------- [](#history) Correctly identifying what Web browser your users are using is an incredibly complex task. If you ever tried to implement something like this you quickly saw how this can become a code mess. Only a few libraries exist and they often get deprecated and becomes abandonware. This is why we created our own detection engine. We didn't start from scratch. The class is a heavily updated version of Chris Schuld's Browser class version 1.9 (which was unmaintained for a couple of years). Chris' class was based on the original work from Gary White. License ------- [](#license) SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR LGPL-3.0-only ### Health Score 52 — FairBetter than 96% of packages Maintenance46 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity57 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community27 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity65 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 98.2% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~286 days Recently: every ~469 days Total 12 Last Release 421d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f750520318aa210588679b4364f66032e023b99d90c43178fcc0ae06831adb6?d=identicon)[Wolfcast](/maintainers/Wolfcast) --- Top Contributors [![Wolfcast](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7795636?v=4)](https://github.com/Wolfcast "Wolfcast (56 commits)")[![TomVision](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4797429?v=4)](https://github.com/TomVision "TomVision (1 commits)") --- Tags browserenvironmentmobileplatformversiondetection ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/wolfcast-browser-detection/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/wolfcast-browser-detection/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/wolfcast-browser-detection) ``` ### Alternatives [jenssegers/agent Desktop/mobile user agent parser with support for Laravel, based on Mobiledetect 4.8k67.8M440](/packages/jenssegers-agent)[hisorange/browser-detect Browser & Mobile detection package for Laravel. 1.1k10.1M50](/packages/hisorange-browser-detect)[foroco/php-browser-detection Ultra fast PHP library to detect browser, OS, platform and device type by User-Agent parsing 1554.7M7](/packages/foroco-php-browser-detection)[cbschuld/browser.php A PHP Class to detect a user's Browser. 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