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Release Notes
Version: 4986
Released: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 11:12 PM GMT
Firefox 11.0 was being identified as Firefox 1.0 due to a bug in the files. This update corrects that issue.
As always, if you spot any bugs or missing patterns in the files please use the contact form to let us know.
The Basics
browscap.ini
Do not use with PHP!
The standard version of browscap.ini file for IIS 5.x and greater.
461 KB (472,307 bytes)
lite_asp_browscap.ini
Do not use with PHP!
A smaller version of browscap.ini file containing major browsers & search engines. This file is adequate for most websites.
214 KB (219,584 bytes)
php_browscap.ini
Use only with PHP!
A special version of browscap.ini for PHP users only!
464 KB (475,221 bytes)
lite_php_browscap.ini
Use only with PHP!
A smaller version of php_browscap.ini file containing major browsers & search engines. This file is adequate for most websites.
215 KB (220,214 bytes)
browscap.zip
Combines all the above files into one download that's smaller than all four files together.
127 KB (129,986 bytes)
Raw Data For Do-It-Yourself Projects
property-name-docs.xml
When using the files you will have access to the property names and related values in this XML file.
6 KB (5,790 bytes)
browscap.xml
The standard version of browscap.ini file in XML format.
1,703 KB (1,744,004 bytes)
browscap.csv
An industry-standard comma-separated-values version of browscap.ini. Easily imported into Access, Excel, mySQL & others.
1,307 KB (1,337,882 bytes)
known_agents.zip
This file contains the 202,061 unique user agents seen by this project since its inception.
1,718 KB (1,759,696 bytes)
v2_httpd.ini
Works with ISAPI_Rewrite v2 to help block badly behaved bots.
41 KB (42,063 bytes)
v3_httpd.ini
Works with ISAPI_Rewrite v3 to help block badly behaved bots.
48 KB (49,543 bytes)
notes.txt
Contains notes and links about some of the user agents.
72 KB (73,724 bytes)
robots.txt
Use this file to help stop abusive bots and crawlers from indexing your website.
18 KB (18,624 bytes)
Automation
Please be sure you've read, understand, and agree to abide by both our FAQ, and Terms of Use before any attempts at using automation.
PHP Scripts
If you are in a shared hosting situation where the host doesn't keep browscap.ini updated, or worse doesn't even provide access to it, or if you just can't stand the bugginess of PHP's get_browser() function, then these links are for you. They each implement their own browscap.ini parser and let you set the path to the file. And they each automatically check for and download my updated files. We highly recommend the first link to Jonathan Stoppani's PHP Browscap class:
Optimized For PHP5
Optimized for PHP and Linux
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