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get user info

I am looking for a way to somehow get information about the visiting use through PHP (not Javascript). I am looking for a way to get resolution and color depth. I am pretty sure that there is a way to get this information through PHP, but I can't seem to find it on the net. Also, if possible the screen width and height would be nice as well as javascript version. Chances are that the last 3 wont be able to be acheived, but I am not sure.

Thanks!
Matt

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Zyloch

Hmm.. had a look at that. If that's the case, this function:

function getColorDepth() {
if (window.screen.colorDepth) {
return(window.screen.colorDepth);
} else if (window.screen.pixelDepth) {
return(window.screen.pixelDepth);
}
return false;
}

Marcus Bointon

The Javascript summary provides is pretty old and clunky, so I wouldn't follow it too much - it's lacking some basic things like type attributes, and its installation instructions break W3C validation, however, it will do the trick. Your function collection is far neater, it just needs a higher-level function to gather all that info and turn it into a request, so the answer is somewhere between the two. Fancy writing it?

Zyloch

True, I'll have to wait and see how he wants it though, (and I'm prolonging it ;)

mattjp88

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Well, I wanted a way for me to get some of the user datails only through PHP, not javascript. And from what you said and also what many internet sites say; it's impossible. Thanks for your help!

-Matt