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, May 08 '13 at 16:16
@alexi May be tats is the final workaround if i didn't get any solution. — karthick, May 09 '13 at 04:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '13 at 08:13

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.

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

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