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Posted by Alan Milnes on 08/05/05 19:29
Jay Blanchard wrote:
>6. PHP is a server side scripting language. Whatever processing PHP does
>takes place BEFORE the output reaches the client. Therefore, it is not
>possible to access users' computer related information (OS, screen size
>etc) using PHP. Nor can you modify any the user side settings. You need
>to go for JavaScript and ask the question in a JavaScript list.
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>On the other hand, you can access the information that is SENT by the
>user's browser when a client requests a page from your server. You can
>find details about browser, OS etc as reported by
>this request.
>(contributed by Wouter van Vliet and reworded by Chris W Parker.)
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You might want to add to this:-
"To see what information PHP can provide look in the manual for $_SERVER."
That way you give people a pointer along the way ....
Alan
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