Plugin Detection with PHP 1

[wellmad]

Hi,
Really basic question this but, is it possible to detect intalled plugins in MSIE (adobe reader, flash, etc) with PHP in a similar way that it is possible with vbScript (i.e, by creating instances of activeX objects)? or is it best just to stick with vbScript in the first place..?

 

[Vragabond]

PHP runs on the server and serves the output page to the client. When client sees the page, PHP is done, so there is no way of seeing anything that client's system has through PHP. You would have to resort to JavaScript or VBScript.