How to check for media player using HTTP_USER_AGENT

[DavidTigerch]

Hi all i want to write a php script that if only the request came from media player it work other wise it gives an error massage .for example if the request came from get or post or direct url execution in browser addrres i want it to send error message. I be happy if some one show me how to check for media players. I just do not know how to check for agent.Thanks

if($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']=="your_user_agent") 
{ 
    //load your file 
} 
else 
{ 
    //load the error message 
}

 

[sleipnir214]

It looks to me like you're on the right track.

If you need the actual strings, you can look here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent

If what you need is not there, then I recommend you write a script that logs $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] to a file. You can then point various software at it and see what strings are sent.



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[DavidTigerch]

sleipnir214 many thanks for u reply. Could u show me how to log $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] to a file. When u see pointing it to to script .Do u mean opening the url from with in the sofware such as media player ?Thanks

 

[blanius]

I just tried this

<?php
$name=$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$handle = fopen("saved.txt", "w");
fputs($handle, $name);
fclose($handle);

?>

and get
from Windows Media Player 10

NSPlayer/10.0.0.3802


and
WinampMPEG/5.20

from Winamp 5.2

and from Firefox:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3

Bret Lanius

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