php/jquery - web development: mobile devices

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i'm having a finished website and need to optimize it for mobile devices (ipad/iphone/smartphones ..). what's the best way to detect which mobile device/browser is used? (eg. by jquery-plugin) thanks

Jon Grant · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-20 09:02:31Z

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JavaScript/jQuery is not the best way at all; apart from iPhones etc remember there are also Nokias, and other non-smart phones, which may or may not run JavaScript at all, and if they do, it won't be particularly quickly. Attempting to reconfigure your site using JavaScript on a phone over a few years old is pretty much just going to freeze the phone for at least a second or two whenever a page loads.

I would strongly suggest you look into doing this on the server side as much as possible - even if it's as simple as just swapping the stylesheet. At the basic level you can check the User-Agent header sent by the browser and work it out from there. In PHP, use the get_browser function.

answered Jul 20, 2011 at 9:02

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Ghostoy · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-20 09:50:42Z

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You could tell the device between Android/iPad/iPhone/BlackBarry etc. using User-Agent in JavaScript or PHP. See this article: http://graphicmaniacs.com/note/detecting-iphone-ipod-ipad-android-and-blackberry-browser-with-javascript-and-php/

answered Jul 20, 2011 at 9:50

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