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echo “. Your operating system is “ . $detect->getOSString() . “.</p>”;
?>

</body>
</html>

Run the script by visiting its URL in your Web browser. You should see a result similar to Figure 15-1.

Figure 15-1

How It Works
This simple script kicks off with the standard XHTML page header, then includes the Net_
UserAgent_Detect package:

require_once( “Net/UserAgent/Detect.php” );
Next it creates a new Net_UserAgent_Detect object:

$detect = new Net_UserAgent_Detect();

The Net_UserAgent_Detect class contains a number of different methods for extracting browser
information. In this script, the getBrowserString() method is used to retrieve the visitor’s browser
name and version as a text string, and getOSString() is called to return the visitor’s operating
system as a string. These strings are then displayed in the page:

echo “<p>You are running “ . $detect->getBrowserString();
echo “. Your operating system is “ . $detect->getOSString() . “.</p>”;

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