OS Detection in javascript for all the devices and cross-browser

Question

I am working on web analytics, I have to find out the os of the visitor specific with following conditions

1.Cross-browser compatibility.

2.For all devices(tablet,iphone,mobile,deskstop,etc).

3.Maximum possible accuracy.

I have referred some questions regarding os detection, Answer is navigator.platform but it does not supported for some devices

Note: we cannot rely on useragent as well.

Any suggestion will be greatful.

what about to mix navigator.platform and navigator.userAgent to fallback if .platform returns null or undefined? — alekperos
– alekperos, Commented May 8, 2013 at 16:16
@alexi May be tats is the final workaround if i didn't get any solution. — karthick
– karthick, Commented May 9, 2013 at 4:51

Mi-Creativity · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-08 08:13:15Z

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In case it could be PHP instead of JavaScript; this piece of code is so reliable and accurate and have been tested on many devices -mobile devices- and it works like charm:

preg_match("/(android|avantgo|blackberry|nokia|bolt|boost|cricket|docomo|fone|hiptop|mini|mobi|palm|phone|pie|tablet|up\.browser|up\.link|webos|wos)/i", $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]);

this only detects mobile devices but you can tweak the code in different way to get what you need.

Also check this link >> php to detect browser and operating system - which contains PHP codes too.

answered May 8, 2013 at 8:13

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