Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps?

From	Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps?
Date	2011-07-28 18:37 -0400
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On 07/28/2011 03:51 AM, Simon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to display my front page diferently for mobile users, (as
> well as a few other pages).
>
> I see on the web that there are various scripts to detect mobile apps,
> (from the user agent).
>
> But from experience those quickly get out of date or are simply buggy
> and return some false positive.
>
> So my questions are simple, (I think).
>
> Is there a sure fire way to dynamically detect mobile apps?
> Is using php the right tool? or is there a more standard,
> (html/javascript), way of handling those.
>
> I use appache, php 5.3.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Simon

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The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Simon <bad@example.com> - 2011-07-28 09:51 +0200
  Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-07-28 07:39 -0500
    Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2011-07-28 15:23 +0200
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-07-28 10:21 -0500
    Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2011-07-28 21:31 +0000
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-07-28 19:53 -0400
    Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Simon <bad@example.com> - 2011-07-29 08:33 +0200
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-07-29 08:03 -0400
      Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-07-29 08:46 -0500
  Re: The prefered way to handle mobile apps? Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2011-07-28 18:37 -0400

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