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Bug #21443 get_browser still has problems with browsecap.ini from www.garykeith.com
Submitted: 2003-01-05 15:29 UTC Modified: 2003-01-06 15:44 UTC
From: serge at planetcharters dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.3.0 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-01-05 15:29 UTC] serge at planetcharters dot com 
PHP does not detect Netscape for Windows ua: Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) It did detect Mozilla 1.2 and IE 6 for Windows and Mozilla 1.1 and Netscape 4.7 in Linux.

The latest verion (downloaded January 5 2003) of browsecap.ini was used.

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 [2003-01-05 15:41 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.  For a
list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please
visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
appropriate forum for asking support questions. 

Thank you for your interest in PHP.

Contact the developer mantaining the browsecap.ini, this is not a PHP bug.
 [2003-01-05 21:49 UTC] gary at garykeith dot com 
Ilia, I am the developer of the browscap.ini file that PHP recommends to its users. Respectfully, this issue does appear to be a bug in PHP. The user agent in question, Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U), is in my browscap.ini file and it is recognized when Serge visits my website which uses IIS. To me that suggests a bug in get_browser().

I am suspicious that in certain situations get_browser() has a problem dealing with multiple question marks in a user agent. In an attempt to prove my theory I changed the definition for the user agent in question and asked Serge to see if it works. I'll report back here on his results.
 [2003-01-05 22:25 UTC] serge at planetcharters dot com 
I updated the browscap.ini and the detection works fine now with Netscape for windows:

ua: Mozilla/4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
pattern match: browser_name_pattern Mozilla/4\.8.*(Windows NT 5\.0; U)
 [2003-01-05 22:38 UTC] gary at garykeith dot com 
Thanks, Serge.

Ilia, I think this is fairly solid proof that my suspicions are correct about get_browser() having a problem dealing with multiple question marks in the user agent.

The old definition in my browscap.ini file: Mozilla/4.8 ???? (Windows NT 5.0; U) fails while the updated definition: Mozilla/4.8*(Windows NT 5.0; U) works fine.

Both definitions work fine with browscap.dll therefore I suspect a problem with get_browser().
 [2003-01-06 15:44 UTC] iliaa@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in CVS.

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