cgi string from different applications

[igowi]

When a cgi string is sent from a web browser, the web server could notice which web browser send this string??

If it's sent by a Java program, the server knows this is not sent by a web browser???

The server could act differently depending on who sent this cgi string???

 

[wzrd]

You can detect this by using the browser detection environment variable (HTTP_USER_AGENT), and base all your different acts upon the choices.

I'm not sure what happens when it's sent by the java program, but it's worth seeing if there is any difference in the HTTP_USER_AGENT.


wzrd

 

[igowi]

Thanks.

I don't know how I can check "HTTP_USER_AGENT".
Please let me know.