[php] How to get exact browser name and version?

I have tried some solutions but I am unable to get exact name and version:

I am trying following code:

$browserAgent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
echo $browserAgent;

Output of above code:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.68 Safari/534.24

But I am using:

Google Chrome 11.0.696.68
on   
Ubuntu 10.04

So I can find in Chrome/11.0.696.68 in output string but it is also showing some other browsers names that is confusing to extract exact browser name/version from string.

Since some codes gave a wrong result for Edge and Opera, I suggest to try this code:

$popularBrowsers = ["Opera","OPR/", "Edg", "Chrome", "Safari", "Firefox", "MSIE", "Trident"];

$userAgent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$userBrowser = 'Other less popular browsers';
foreach ($popularBrowsers as $browser) {
    if (strpos($userAgent, $browser) !== false) {
        $userBrowser = $browser;
        break;
    }
}

switch ($userBrowser) {
    case 'OPR/':
        $userBrowser = 'Opera';
        break;
    case 'MSIE':
        $userBrowser = 'Internet Explorer';
        break;

    case 'Trident':
        $userBrowser = 'Internet Explorer';
        break;

    case 'Edg':
        $userBrowser = 'Microsoft Edge';
        break;
}

echo "Your browser: " . $userBrowser;

For information about agent strings for different browsers and some similarities in them, please refer to: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent

I have created a function in PHP language to get browser name, browser version, operating system (windows/linux etc.) along with device type (desktop / mobile / tablet).

function getBrowserInfo(){
    $browserInfo = array('user_agent'=>'','browser'=>'','browser_version'=>'','os_platform'=>'','pattern'=>'', 'device'=>'');

    $u_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; 
    $bname = 'Unknown';
    $ub = 'Unknown';
    $version = "";
    $platform = 'Unknown';

    $deviceType='Desktop';

    if(preg_match('/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows (ce|phone)|xda|xiino/i',$u_agent)||preg_match('/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt |kwc\-|kyo(c|k)|le(no|xi)|lg( g|\/(k|l|u)|50|54|\-[a-w])|libw|lynx|m1\-w|m3ga|m50\/|ma(te|ui|xo)|mc(01|21|ca)|m\-cr|me(rc|ri)|mi(o8|oa|ts)|mmef|mo(01|02|bi|de|do|t(\-| |o|v)|zz)|mt(50|p1|v )|mwbp|mywa|n10[0-2]|n20[2-3]|n30(0|2)|n50(0|2|5)|n7(0(0|1)|10)|ne((c|m)\-|on|tf|wf|wg|wt)|nok(6|i)|nzph|o2im|op(ti|wv)|oran|owg1|p800|pan(a|d|t)|pdxg|pg(13|\-([1-8]|c))|phil|pire|pl(ay|uc)|pn\-2|po(ck|rt|se)|prox|psio|pt\-g|qa\-a|qc(07|12|21|32|60|\-[2-7]|i\-)|qtek|r380|r600|raks|rim9|ro(ve|zo)|s55\/|sa(ge|ma|mm|ms|ny|va)|sc(01|h\-|oo|p\-)|sdk\/|se(c(\-|0|1)|47|mc|nd|ri)|sgh\-|shar|sie(\-|m)|sk\-0|sl(45|id)|sm(al|ar|b3|it|t5)|so(ft|ny)|sp(01|h\-|v\-|v )|sy(01|mb)|t2(18|50)|t6(00|10|18)|ta(gt|lk)|tcl\-|tdg\-|tel(i|m)|tim\-|t\-mo|to(pl|sh)|ts(70|m\-|m3|m5)|tx\-9|up(\.b|g1|si)|utst|v400|v750|veri|vi(rg|te)|vk(40|5[0-3]|\-v)|vm40|voda|vulc|vx(52|53|60|61|70|80|81|83|85|98)|w3c(\-| )|webc|whit|wi(g |nc|nw)|wmlb|wonu|x700|yas\-|your|zeto|zte\-/i',substr($u_agent,0,4))){

        $deviceType='Mobile';

    }

    if($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] == 'Mozilla/5.0(iPad; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Mobile/7B314 Safari/531.21.10') {
        $deviceType='Tablet';
    }

    if(stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Mozilla/5.0(iPad;')) {
        $deviceType='Tablet';
    }

    //$detect = new Mobile_Detect();
    
    //First get the platform?
    if (preg_match('/linux/i', $u_agent)) {
        $platform = 'linux';

    } elseif (preg_match('/macintosh|mac os x/i', $u_agent)) {
        $platform = 'mac';

    } elseif (preg_match('/windows|win32/i', $u_agent)) {
        $platform = 'windows';
    }

    // Next get the name of the user agent yes seperately and for good reason
    if(preg_match('/MSIE/i',$u_agent) && !preg_match('/Opera/i',$u_agent)) 
    { 
        $bname = 'IE'; 
        $ub = "MSIE";

    } else if(preg_match('/Firefox/i',$u_agent))
    { 
        $bname = 'Mozilla Firefox'; 
        $ub = "Firefox"; 

    } else if(preg_match('/Chrome/i',$u_agent) && (!preg_match('/Opera/i',$u_agent) && !preg_match('/OPR/i',$u_agent))) 
    { 
        $bname = 'Chrome'; 
        $ub = "Chrome"; 

    } else if(preg_match('/Safari/i',$u_agent) && (!preg_match('/Opera/i',$u_agent) && !preg_match('/OPR/i',$u_agent))) 
    { 
        $bname = 'Safari'; 
        $ub = "Safari"; 

    } else if(preg_match('/Opera/i',$u_agent) || preg_match('/OPR/i',$u_agent)) 
    { 
        $bname = 'Opera'; 
        $ub = "Opera"; 

    } else if(preg_match('/Netscape/i',$u_agent)) 
    { 
        $bname = 'Netscape'; 
        $ub = "Netscape"; 

    } else if((isset($u_agent) && (strpos($u_agent, 'Trident') !== false || strpos($u_agent, 'MSIE') !== false)))
    {
        $bname = 'Internet Explorer'; 
        $ub = 'Internet Explorer'; 
    } 
    

    // finally get the correct version number
    $known = array('Version', $ub, 'other');
    $pattern = '#(?<browser>' . join('|', $known) . ')[/ ]+(?<version>[0-9.|a-zA-Z.]*)#';

    if (!preg_match_all($pattern, $u_agent, $matches)) {
        // we have no matching number just continue
    }

    // see how many we have
    $i = count($matches['browser']);
    if ($i != 1) {
        //we will have two since we are not using 'other' argument yet
        //see if version is before or after the name
        if (strripos($u_agent,"Version") < strripos($u_agent,$ub)){
            $version= $matches['version'][0];

        } else {
            $version= @$matches['version'][1];
        }

    } else {
        $version= $matches['version'][0];
    }

    // check if we have a number
    if ($version==null || $version=="") {$version="?";}

    return array(
        'user_agent' => $u_agent,
        'browser'      => $bname,
        'browser_version'   => $version,
        'os_platform'  => $platform,
        'pattern'   => $pattern,
        'device'    => $deviceType
    );
}

This solved my problem of browser detection, I hope, this will also help you. Thank you.

• There is a conflict between (Safari) and (Opera) and (Chrome) !!!

• The above codes couldn't work properly

This is my code, and it works very well without any conflict:

function ExactBrowserName()
{

$ExactBrowserNameUA=$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

if (strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "safari/") and strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "opr/")) {
    // OPERA
    $ExactBrowserNameBR="Opera";
} elseIf (strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "safari/") and strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "chrome/")) {
    // CHROME
    $ExactBrowserNameBR="Chrome";
} elseIf (strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "msie")) {
    // INTERNET EXPLORER
    $ExactBrowserNameBR="Internet Explorer";
} elseIf (strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "firefox/")) {
    // FIREFOX
    $ExactBrowserNameBR="Firefox";
} elseIf (strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "safari/") and strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "opr/")==false and strpos(strtolower($ExactBrowserNameUA), "chrome/")==false) {
    // SAFARI
    $ExactBrowserNameBR="Safari";
} else {
    // OUT OF DATA
    $ExactBrowserNameBR="OUT OF DATA";
};

return $ExactBrowserNameBR;
}

I would like to suggest you this amazing class. This worked very well for me.

http://chrisschuld.com/projects/browser-php-detecting-a-users-browser-from-php.html/

I am publishing the code I used with the copyright notice of original author. You can get latest code from the link above.

<?php
/**
 * File: Browser.php
 * Author: Chris Schuld (http://chrisschuld.com/)
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Chris Schuld  ([email protected])
 *
 * Typical Usage:
 *
 *   $browser = new Browser();
 *   if( $browser->getBrowser() == Browser::BROWSER_FIREFOX && $browser->getVersion() >= 2 ) {
 *      echo 'You have FireFox version 2 or greater';
 *   }
 *
*/

class Browser {
    private $_agent = '';
    private $_browser_name = '';
    private $_version = '';
    private $_platform = '';
    private $_os = '';
    private $_is_aol = false;
    private $_is_mobile = false;
    private $_is_robot = false;
    private $_aol_version = '';

    const BROWSER_UNKNOWN = 'unknown';
    const VERSION_UNKNOWN = 'unknown';

    const BROWSER_OPERA = 'Opera'; 
    const BROWSER_OPERA_MINI = 'Opera Mini';
    const BROWSER_WEBTV = 'WebTV';
    const BROWSER_IE = 'Internet Explorer'; 
    const BROWSER_POCKET_IE = 'Pocket Internet Explorer';
    const BROWSER_KONQUEROR = 'Konqueror';
    const BROWSER_ICAB = 'iCab';
    const BROWSER_OMNIWEB = 'OmniWeb';
    const BROWSER_FIREBIRD = 'Firebird';
    const BROWSER_FIREFOX = 'Firefox';
    const BROWSER_ICEWEASEL = 'Iceweasel';
    const BROWSER_SHIRETOKO = 'Shiretoko';
    const BROWSER_MOZILLA = 'Mozilla';
    const BROWSER_AMAYA = 'Amaya';
    const BROWSER_LYNX = 'Lynx';
    const BROWSER_SAFARI = 'Safari';
    const BROWSER_IPHONE = 'iPhone';
    const BROWSER_IPOD = 'iPod';
    const BROWSER_IPAD = 'iPad';
    const BROWSER_CHROME = 'Chrome';
    const BROWSER_ANDROID = 'Android';
    const BROWSER_GOOGLEBOT = 'GoogleBot';
    const BROWSER_SLURP = 'Yahoo! Slurp';
    const BROWSER_W3CVALIDATOR = 'W3C Validator';
    const BROWSER_BLACKBERRY = 'BlackBerry';
    const BROWSER_ICECAT = 'IceCat';
    const BROWSER_NOKIA_S60 = 'Nokia S60 OSS Browser';
    const BROWSER_NOKIA = 'Nokia Browser';
    const BROWSER_MSN = 'MSN Browser';
    const BROWSER_MSNBOT = 'MSN Bot';

    const BROWSER_NETSCAPE_NAVIGATOR = 'Netscape Navigator';
    const BROWSER_GALEON = 'Galeon';
    const BROWSER_NETPOSITIVE = 'NetPositive';
    const BROWSER_PHOENIX = 'Phoenix';

    const PLATFORM_UNKNOWN = 'unknown';
    const PLATFORM_WINDOWS = 'Windows';
    const PLATFORM_WINDOWS_CE = 'Windows CE';
    const PLATFORM_APPLE = 'Apple';
    const PLATFORM_LINUX = 'Linux';
    const PLATFORM_OS2 = 'OS/2';
    const PLATFORM_BEOS = 'BeOS';
    const PLATFORM_IPHONE = 'iPhone';
    const PLATFORM_IPOD = 'iPod';
    const PLATFORM_IPAD = 'iPad';
    const PLATFORM_BLACKBERRY = 'BlackBerry';
    const PLATFORM_NOKIA = 'Nokia';
    const PLATFORM_FREEBSD = 'FreeBSD';
    const PLATFORM_OPENBSD = 'OpenBSD';
    const PLATFORM_NETBSD = 'NetBSD';
    const PLATFORM_SUNOS = 'SunOS';
    const PLATFORM_OPENSOLARIS = 'OpenSolaris';
    const PLATFORM_ANDROID = 'Android';

    const OPERATING_SYSTEM_UNKNOWN = 'unknown';

    public function Browser($useragent="") {
        $this->reset();
        if( $useragent != "" ) {
            $this->setUserAgent($useragent);
        }
        else {
            $this->determine();
        }
    }

    /**
    * Reset all properties
    */
    public function reset() {
        $this->_agent = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] : "";
        $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_UNKNOWN;
        $this->_version = self::VERSION_UNKNOWN;
        $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_UNKNOWN;
        $this->_os = self::OPERATING_SYSTEM_UNKNOWN;
        $this->_is_aol = false;
        $this->_is_mobile = false;
        $this->_is_robot = false;
        $this->_aol_version = self::VERSION_UNKNOWN;
    }

    /**
    * Check to see if the specific browser is valid
    * @param string $browserName
    * @return boolean
    */
    function isBrowser($browserName) { return( 0 == strcasecmp($this->_browser_name, trim($browserName))); }

    /**
    * The name of the browser.  All return types are from the class contants
    * @return string Name of the browser
    */
    public function getBrowser() { return $this->_browser_name; }
    /**
    * Set the name of the browser
    * @param $browser The name of the Browser
    */
    public function setBrowser($browser) { return $this->_browser_name = $browser; }
    /**
    * The name of the platform.  All return types are from the class contants
    * @return string Name of the browser
    */
    public function getPlatform() { return $this->_platform; }
    /**
    * Set the name of the platform
    * @param $platform The name of the Platform
    */
    public function setPlatform($platform) { return $this->_platform = $platform; }
    /**
    * The version of the browser.
    * @return string Version of the browser (will only contain alpha-numeric characters and a period)
    */
    public function getVersion() { return $this->_version; }
    /**
    * Set the version of the browser
    * @param $version The version of the Browser
    */
    public function setVersion($version) { $this->_version = preg_replace('/[^0-9,.,a-z,A-Z-]/','',$version); }
    /**
    * The version of AOL.
    * @return string Version of AOL (will only contain alpha-numeric characters and a period)
    */
    public function getAolVersion() { return $this->_aol_version; }
    /**
    * Set the version of AOL
    * @param $version The version of AOL
    */
    public function setAolVersion($version) { $this->_aol_version = preg_replace('/[^0-9,.,a-z,A-Z]/','',$version); }
    /**
    * Is the browser from AOL?
    * @return boolean
    */
    public function isAol() { return $this->_is_aol; }
    /**
    * Is the browser from a mobile device?
    * @return boolean
    */
    public function isMobile() { return $this->_is_mobile; }
    /**
    * Is the browser from a robot (ex Slurp,GoogleBot)?
    * @return boolean
    */
    public function isRobot() { return $this->_is_robot; }
    /**
    * Set the browser to be from AOL
    * @param $isAol
    */
    public function setAol($isAol) { $this->_is_aol = $isAol; }
    /**
     * Set the Browser to be mobile
     * @param boolean
     */
    protected function setMobile($value=true) { $this->_is_mobile = $value; }
    /**
     * Set the Browser to be a robot
     * @param boolean
     */
    protected function setRobot($value=true) { $this->_is_robot = $value; }
    /**
    * Get the user agent value in use to determine the browser
    * @return string The user agent from the HTTP header
    */
    public function getUserAgent() { return $this->_agent; }
    /**
    * Set the user agent value (the construction will use the HTTP header value - this will overwrite it)
    * @param $agent_string The value for the User Agent
    */
    public function setUserAgent($agent_string) {
        $this->reset();
        $this->_agent = $agent_string;
        $this->determine();
    }
    /**
     * Used to determine if the browser is actually "chromeframe"
     * @return boolean
     */
    public function isChromeFrame() {
        return( strpos($this->_agent,"chromeframe") !== false );
    }
    /**
    * Returns a formatted string with a summary of the details of the browser.
    * @return string formatted string with a summary of the browser
    */
    public function __toString() {
        return "<strong>Browser Name:</strong>{$this->getBrowser()}<br/>\n" .
               "<strong>Browser Version:</strong>{$this->getVersion()}<br/>\n" .
               "<strong>Browser User Agent String:</strong>{$this->getUserAgent()}<br/>\n" .
               "<strong>Platform:</strong>{$this->getPlatform()}<br/>";
    }
    /**
     * Protected routine to calculate and determine what the browser is in use (including platform)
     */
    protected function determine() {
        $this->checkPlatform();
        $this->checkBrowsers();
        $this->checkForAol();
    }
    /**
     * Protected routine to determine the browser type
     * @return boolean
     */
     protected function checkBrowsers() {
        return (
            $this->checkBrowserWebTv() ||
            $this->checkBrowserInternetExplorer() ||
            $this->checkBrowserOpera() ||
            $this->checkBrowserGaleon() ||
            $this->checkBrowserNetscapeNavigator9Plus() ||
            $this->checkBrowserFirefox() ||
            $this->checkBrowserChrome() ||
            $this->checkBrowserOmniWeb() ||

            // common mobile
            $this->checkBrowserAndroid() ||
            $this->checkBrowseriPad() ||
            $this->checkBrowseriPod() ||
            $this->checkBrowseriPhone() ||
            $this->checkBrowserBlackBerry() ||
            $this->checkBrowserNokia() ||

            // common bots
            $this->checkBrowserGoogleBot() ||
            $this->checkBrowserMSNBot() ||
            $this->checkBrowserSlurp() ||

            // WebKit base check (post mobile and others)
            $this->checkBrowserSafari() ||

            // everyone else
            $this->checkBrowserNetPositive() ||
            $this->checkBrowserFirebird() ||
            $this->checkBrowserKonqueror() ||
            $this->checkBrowserIcab() ||
            $this->checkBrowserPhoenix() ||
            $this->checkBrowserAmaya() ||
            $this->checkBrowserLynx() ||
            $this->checkBrowserShiretoko() ||
            $this->checkBrowserIceCat() ||
            $this->checkBrowserW3CValidator() ||
            $this->checkBrowserMozilla() /* Mozilla is such an open standard that you must check it last */
        );
    }

    protected function checkBrowserBlackBerry() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'blackberry') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode("/",stristr($this->_agent,"BlackBerry"));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_BLACKBERRY;
            $this->setMobile(true);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkForAol() {
        $this->setAol(false);
        $this->setAolVersion(self::VERSION_UNKNOWN);

        if( stripos($this->_agent,'aol') !== false ) {
            $aversion = explode(' ',stristr($this->_agent, 'AOL'));
            $this->setAol(true);
            $this->setAolVersion(preg_replace('/[^0-9\.a-z]/i', '', $aversion[1]));
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }


    protected function checkBrowserGoogleBot() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'googlebot') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'googlebot'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion(str_replace(';','',$aversion[0]));
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_GOOGLEBOT;
            $this->setRobot(true);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserMSNBot() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,"msnbot") !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode("/",stristr($this->_agent,"msnbot"));
            $aversion = explode(" ",$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion(str_replace(";","",$aversion[0]));
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_MSNBOT;
            $this->setRobot(true);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }       

    protected function checkBrowserW3CValidator() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'W3C-checklink') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'W3C-checklink'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_W3CVALIDATOR;
            return true;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent,'W3C_Validator') !== false ) {
            // Some of the Validator versions do not delineate w/ a slash - add it back in
            $ua = str_replace("W3C_Validator ", "W3C_Validator/", $this->_agent);
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($ua,'W3C_Validator'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_W3CVALIDATOR;
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserSlurp() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'slurp') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Slurp'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_SLURP;
            $this->setRobot(true);
            $this->setMobile(false);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserInternetExplorer() {

        // Test for v1 - v1.5 IE
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'microsoft internet explorer') !== false ) {
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_IE);
            $this->setVersion('1.0');
            $aresult = stristr($this->_agent, '/');
            if( preg_match('/308|425|426|474|0b1/i', $aresult) ) {
                $this->setVersion('1.5');
            }
            return true;
        }
        // Test for versions > 1.5
        else if( stripos($this->_agent,'msie') !== false && stripos($this->_agent,'opera') === false ) {
            // See if the browser is the odd MSN Explorer
            if( stripos($this->_agent,'msnb') !== false ) {
                $aresult = explode(' ',stristr(str_replace(';','; ',$this->_agent),'MSN'));
                $this->setBrowser( self::BROWSER_MSN );
                $this->setVersion(str_replace(array('(',')',';'),'',$aresult[1]));
                return true;
            }
            $aresult = explode(' ',stristr(str_replace(';','; ',$this->_agent),'msie'));
            $this->setBrowser( self::BROWSER_IE );
            $this->setVersion(str_replace(array('(',')',';'),'',$aresult[1]));
            return true;
        }
        // Test for Pocket IE
        else if( stripos($this->_agent,'mspie') !== false || stripos($this->_agent,'pocket') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode(' ',stristr($this->_agent,'mspie'));
            $this->setPlatform( self::PLATFORM_WINDOWS_CE );
            $this->setBrowser( self::BROWSER_POCKET_IE );
            $this->setMobile(true);

            if( stripos($this->_agent,'mspie') !== false ) {
                $this->setVersion($aresult[1]);
            }
            else {
                $aversion = explode('/',$this->_agent);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[1]);
            }
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserOpera() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'opera mini') !== false ) {
            $resultant = stristr($this->_agent, 'opera mini');
            if( preg_match('/\//',$resultant) ) {
                $aresult = explode('/',$resultant);
                $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            }
            else {
                $aversion = explode(' ',stristr($resultant,'opera mini'));
                $this->setVersion($aversion[1]);
            }
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_OPERA_MINI;
            $this->setMobile(true);
            return true;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent,'opera') !== false ) {
            $resultant = stristr($this->_agent, 'opera');
            if( preg_match('/Version\/(10.*)$/',$resultant,$matches) ) {
                $this->setVersion($matches[1]);
            }
            else if( preg_match('/\//',$resultant) ) {
                $aresult = explode('/',str_replace("("," ",$resultant));
                $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            }
            else {
                $aversion = explode(' ',stristr($resultant,'opera'));
                $this->setVersion(isset($aversion[1])?$aversion[1]:"");
            }
            $this->_browser_name = self::BROWSER_OPERA;
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }


    protected function checkBrowserChrome() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Chrome') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Chrome'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_CHROME);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserWebTv() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'webtv') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'webtv'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_WEBTV);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserNetPositive() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'NetPositive') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'NetPositive'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion(str_replace(array('(',')',';'),'',$aversion[0]));
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_NETPOSITIVE);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserGaleon() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'galeon') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode(' ',stristr($this->_agent,'galeon'));
            $aversion = explode('/',$aresult[0]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_GALEON);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserKonqueror() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Konqueror') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode(' ',stristr($this->_agent,'Konqueror'));
            $aversion = explode('/',$aresult[0]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_KONQUEROR);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserIcab() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'icab') !== false ) {
            $aversion = explode(' ',stristr(str_replace('/',' ',$this->_agent),'icab'));
            $this->setVersion($aversion[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_ICAB);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserOmniWeb() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'omniweb') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'omniweb'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',isset($aresult[1])?$aresult[1]:"");
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_OMNIWEB);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserPhoenix() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Phoenix') !== false ) {
            $aversion = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Phoenix'));
            $this->setVersion($aversion[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_PHOENIX);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserFirebird() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Firebird') !== false ) {
            $aversion = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Firebird'));
            $this->setVersion($aversion[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_FIREBIRD);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserNetscapeNavigator9Plus() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Firefox') !== false && preg_match('/Navigator\/([^ ]*)/i',$this->_agent,$matches) ) {
            $this->setVersion($matches[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_NETSCAPE_NAVIGATOR);
            return true;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent,'Firefox') === false && preg_match('/Netscape6?\/([^ ]*)/i',$this->_agent,$matches) ) {
            $this->setVersion($matches[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_NETSCAPE_NAVIGATOR);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserShiretoko() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Mozilla') !== false && preg_match('/Shiretoko\/([^ ]*)/i',$this->_agent,$matches) ) {
            $this->setVersion($matches[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_SHIRETOKO);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserIceCat() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Mozilla') !== false && preg_match('/IceCat\/([^ ]*)/i',$this->_agent,$matches) ) {
            $this->setVersion($matches[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_ICECAT);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserNokia() {
        if( preg_match("/Nokia([^\/]+)\/([^ SP]+)/i",$this->_agent,$matches) ) {
            $this->setVersion($matches[2]);
            if( stripos($this->_agent,'Series60') !== false || strpos($this->_agent,'S60') !== false ) {
                $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_NOKIA_S60);
            }
            else {
                $this->setBrowser( self::BROWSER_NOKIA );
            }
            $this->setMobile(true);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserFirefox() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'safari') === false ) {
            if( preg_match("/Firefox[\/ \(]([^ ;\)]+)/i",$this->_agent,$matches) ) {
                $this->setVersion($matches[1]);
                $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_FIREFOX);
                return true;
            }
            else if( preg_match("/Firefox$/i",$this->_agent,$matches) ) {
                $this->setVersion("");
                $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_FIREFOX);
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserIceweasel() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Iceweasel') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Iceweasel'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_ICEWEASEL);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserMozilla() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'mozilla') !== false  && preg_match('/rv:[0-9].[0-9][a-b]?/i',$this->_agent) && stripos($this->_agent,'netscape') === false) {
            $aversion = explode(' ',stristr($this->_agent,'rv:'));
            preg_match('/rv:[0-9].[0-9][a-b]?/i',$this->_agent,$aversion);
            $this->setVersion(str_replace('rv:','',$aversion[0]));
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_MOZILLA);
            return true;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent,'mozilla') !== false && preg_match('/rv:[0-9]\.[0-9]/i',$this->_agent) && stripos($this->_agent,'netscape') === false ) {
            $aversion = explode('',stristr($this->_agent,'rv:'));
            $this->setVersion(str_replace('rv:','',$aversion[0]));
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_MOZILLA);
            return true;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent,'mozilla') !== false  && preg_match('/mozilla\/([^ ]*)/i',$this->_agent,$matches) && stripos($this->_agent,'netscape') === false ) {
            $this->setVersion($matches[1]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_MOZILLA);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserLynx() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'lynx') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Lynx'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',(isset($aresult[1])?$aresult[1]:""));
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_LYNX);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserAmaya() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'amaya') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Amaya'));
            $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
            $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_AMAYA);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserSafari() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Safari') !== false && stripos($this->_agent,'iPhone') === false && stripos($this->_agent,'iPod') === false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Version'));
            if( isset($aresult[1]) ) {
                $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            }
            else {
                $this->setVersion(self::VERSION_UNKNOWN);
            }
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_SAFARI);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowseriPhone() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'iPhone') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Version'));
            if( isset($aresult[1]) ) {
                $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            }
            else {
                $this->setVersion(self::VERSION_UNKNOWN);
            }
            $this->setMobile(true);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_IPHONE);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowseriPad() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'iPad') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Version'));
            if( isset($aresult[1]) ) {
                $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            }
            else {
                $this->setVersion(self::VERSION_UNKNOWN);
            }
            $this->setMobile(true);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_IPAD);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowseriPod() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'iPod') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode('/',stristr($this->_agent,'Version'));
            if( isset($aresult[1]) ) {
                $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            }
            else {
                $this->setVersion(self::VERSION_UNKNOWN);
            }
            $this->setMobile(true);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_IPOD);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    protected function checkBrowserAndroid() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent,'Android') !== false ) {
            $aresult = explode(' ',stristr($this->_agent,'Android'));
            if( isset($aresult[1]) ) {
                $aversion = explode(' ',$aresult[1]);
                $this->setVersion($aversion[0]);
            }
            else {
                $this->setVersion(self::VERSION_UNKNOWN);
            }
            $this->setMobile(true);
            $this->setBrowser(self::BROWSER_ANDROID);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Determine the user's platform
     */
    protected function checkPlatform() {
        if( stripos($this->_agent, 'windows') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_WINDOWS;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent, 'iPad') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_IPAD;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent, 'iPod') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_IPOD;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent, 'iPhone') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_IPHONE;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'mac') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_APPLE;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'android') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_ANDROID;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'linux') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_LINUX;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent, 'Nokia') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_NOKIA;
        }
        else if( stripos($this->_agent, 'BlackBerry') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_BLACKBERRY;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent,'FreeBSD') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_FREEBSD;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent,'OpenBSD') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_OPENBSD;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent,'NetBSD') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_NETBSD;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'OpenSolaris') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_OPENSOLARIS;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'SunOS') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_SUNOS;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'OS\/2') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_OS2;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'BeOS') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_BEOS;
        }
        elseif( stripos($this->_agent, 'win') !== false ) {
            $this->_platform = self::PLATFORM_WINDOWS;
        }

    }
}
?>

this JavaScript give you the browser name and the version,

var browser = '';
var browserVersion = 0;

if (/Opera[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    browser = 'Opera';
} else if (/MSIE (\d+\.\d+);/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    browser = 'MSIE';
} else if (/Navigator[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    browser = 'Netscape';
} else if (/Chrome[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    browser = 'Chrome';
} else if (/Safari[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    browser = 'Safari';
    /Version[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent);
    browserVersion = new Number(RegExp.$1);
} else if (/Firefox[\/\s](\d+\.\d+)/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
    browser = 'Firefox';
}
if(browserVersion === 0){
    browserVersion = parseFloat(new Number(RegExp.$1));
}
alert(browser + "*" + browserVersion);

Use 51Degrees.com device detection solution to detect browser name, vendor and version.

First, follow the 4-step guide to incorporate device detector in to your project. When I say incorporate I mean download archive with PHP code and database file, extract them and include 2 files. That's all there is to do to incorporate.

Once that's done you can use the following properties to get browser information:
$_51d['BrowserName'] - Gives you the name of the browser (Safari, Molto, Motorola, MStarBrowser etc).
$_51d['BrowserVendor'] - Gives you the company who created browser.
$_51d['BrowserVersion'] - Version number of the browser

Use get_browser() function.

It can give you output like this:

Array
(
    [browser_name_regex] => ^mozilla/5\.0 (windows; .; windows nt 5\.1; .*rv:.*) gecko/.* firefox/0\.9.*$
    [browser_name_pattern] => Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; ?; Windows NT 5.1; *rv:*) Gecko/* Firefox/0.9*
    [parent] => Firefox 0.9
    [platform] => WinXP
    [browser] => Firefox
    [version] => 0.9
    [majorver] => 0
    [minorver] => 9
    .... 

Got an awesome function here.

<?php
function getBrowser() { 
  $u_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
  $bname = 'Unknown';
  $platform = 'Unknown';
  $version= "";

  //First get the platform?
  if (preg_match('/linux/i', $u_agent)) {
    $platform = 'linux';
  }elseif (preg_match('/macintosh|mac os x/i', $u_agent)) {
    $platform = 'mac';
  }elseif (preg_match('/windows|win32/i', $u_agent)) {
    $platform = 'windows';
  }

  // Next get the name of the useragent yes seperately and for good reason
  if(preg_match('/MSIE/i',$u_agent) && !preg_match('/Opera/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Internet Explorer';
    $ub = "MSIE";
  }elseif(preg_match('/Firefox/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Mozilla Firefox';
    $ub = "Firefox";
  }elseif(preg_match('/OPR/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Opera';
    $ub = "Opera";
  }elseif(preg_match('/Chrome/i',$u_agent) && !preg_match('/Edge/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Google Chrome';
    $ub = "Chrome";
  }elseif(preg_match('/Safari/i',$u_agent) && !preg_match('/Edge/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Apple Safari';
    $ub = "Safari";
  }elseif(preg_match('/Netscape/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Netscape';
    $ub = "Netscape";
  }elseif(preg_match('/Edge/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Edge';
    $ub = "Edge";
  }elseif(preg_match('/Trident/i',$u_agent)){
    $bname = 'Internet Explorer';
    $ub = "MSIE";
  }

  // finally get the correct version number
  $known = array('Version', $ub, 'other');
  $pattern = '#(?<browser>' . join('|', $known) .
')[/ ]+(?<version>[0-9.|a-zA-Z.]*)#';
  if (!preg_match_all($pattern, $u_agent, $matches)) {
    // we have no matching number just continue
  }
  // see how many we have
  $i = count($matches['browser']);
  if ($i != 1) {
    //we will have two since we are not using 'other' argument yet
    //see if version is before or after the name
    if (strripos($u_agent,"Version") < strripos($u_agent,$ub)){
        $version= $matches['version'][0];
    }else {
        $version= $matches['version'][1];
    }
  }else {
    $version= $matches['version'][0];
  }

  // check if we have a number
  if ($version==null || $version=="") {$version="?";}

  return array(
    'userAgent' => $u_agent,
    'name'      => $bname,
    'version'   => $version,
    'platform'  => $platform,
    'pattern'    => $pattern
  );
} 

// now try it
$ua=getBrowser();
$yourbrowser= "Your browser: " . $ua['name'] . " " . $ua['version'] . " on " .$ua['platform'] . " reports: <br >" . $ua['userAgent'];
print_r($yourbrowser);
?>