RE: [PHP] display settings

From: Sam Masiello (smasiello_at_mxlogic.com)
Date: 12/09/03 

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:39:24 -0700
To: "Hartley, Matt" <matt.hartley@grhosp.on.ca>, <php-general@lists.php.net>

Since PHP is a server side language, you cannot get information like the
users display settings. If you want this information, you will need to
use a client side language like Javascript or VBScript.

--Sam

Hartley, Matt wrote:
> I am sort of new at this, I am wondering if it is possible to find
> the display settings of the user I know that
>
> <?php echo $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]; ?>
>
> will give you
>
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
>
> is there one that will recover the display settings of the user?
>
> Matt

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