Check if PHP-page is accessed from an iOS device

php iphone ios http-headers

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Solution 1

Use the user agent from $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], and for simple detection you can use this script:

<?php

//Detect special conditions devices
$iPod    = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPod");
$iPhone  = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPhone");
$iPad    = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPad");
$Android = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"Android");
$webOS   = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"webOS");

//do something with this information
if( $iPod || $iPhone ){
    //browser reported as an iPhone/iPod touch -- do something here
}else if($iPad){
    //browser reported as an iPad -- do something here
}else if($Android){
    //browser reported as an Android device -- do something here
}else if($webOS){
    //browser reported as a webOS device -- do something here
}

?>

If you want to know more details of the user device I recommended to use one of the following solutions: http://51degrees.mobi or http://deviceatlas.com

Solution 2

preg_match("/iPhone|Android|iPad|iPod|webOS/", $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], $matches);
$os = current($matches);

switch($os){
   case 'iPhone': /*do something...*/ break;
   case 'Android': /*do something...*/ break;
   case 'iPad': /*do something...*/ break;
   case 'iPod': /*do something...*/ break;
   case 'webOS': /*do something...*/ break;
}

Solution 3

function user_agent(){
    $iPod = strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPod");
    $iPhone = strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPhone");
    $iPad = strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPad");
    $android = strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"Android");
    file_put_contents('./public/upload/install_log/agent',$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
    if($iPad||$iPhone||$iPod){
        return 'ios';
    }else if($android){
        return 'android';
    }else{
        return 'pc';
    }
}

Solution 4

$browser = strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"iPhone");

Solution 5

function isIosDevice(){
    $userAgent = strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
    $iosDevice = array('iphone', 'ipod', 'ipad');
    $isIos = false;

    foreach ($iosDevice as $val) {
        if(stripos($userAgent, $val) !== false){
            $isIos = true;
            break;
        }
    }

    return $isIos;
}

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Snilleblixten

Photographer in Paris, trying to learn to create apps.

Updated on July 08, 2022

Comments

Snilleblixten almost 2 years

I have a simple PHP webpage, and would like to return different content depending if it's accessed from an iPhone/iPad or from a web brower. How can I do that?
Snilleblixten almost 13 years

But it was not really true, I found out. Those headers are just from Safari in the phone. If you connect from an app, it looks something like this: app%20name/1.0 CFNetwork/485.13.8 Darwin/11.0.0 . So maybe I can look for CFNetwork or Darwin instead, or the app name.
Asad Khan about 12 years

Not working for me I am getting 1.1 CFNetwork/548.0.3 Darwin/11.0.0 for both iPhone and iPad :S now how should I differentiate between them ???
Kishor Kundan over 11 years

@AsadKhan wore u testing from the simulator ? I am getting same Http_user_agent
Kishor Kundan over 11 years

@Snilleblixten did it work out ? m stuck with similar situation.
gkd almost 9 years

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/43.0.2357.130 Chrome/43.0.2357.130 Safari/537.36 ==> tat was my user agent for chromium browser Version 43.0.2357.130 Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit). - $webOS will not set to value >= 0
Thomas Kekeisen over 7 years

You should add a !empty($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) since $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] is not set when the client sends no user agent at all. Your function will crash then/show a notice.
Brian C almost 6 years

Best to add this as a comment on his answer, even though I know it's some time since you commented. Thanks for the code!
Gloson almost 6 years

@BrianC Sigh, Stack Overflow says I must have 50 reputation to comment.
zvi almost 5 years

From iOS 13 the iPad's user agent has changed to Mac OS, for example: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/13.0 Safari/605.1.15...
Fadi over 4 years

update for new: $iPadOS = stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],"Macintosh");
Rodrigo Zuluaga almost 4 years

Working perfect. Tested on 2 iphones, Ipad. Thanks its 2020!!
drooh over 3 years

Will detecting "Macintosh" only be for new iPads or will that include Mac laptops & desktops?