Get Screen resolution of User in PHP

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  1. coderzone

    coderzone Super Moderator

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    Is there any way to know the User Screen Resolution in PHP.

    I am not sure if it can be done also,
     
  2. onlyani

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    The pages you make (as php developer) could
    use client-side javascript to detect the local
    screen resolution. Then, theoretically, you could
    send an Ajax message back to the server, to set
    a session variable, so all subsequent requests
    could be either dynamically generated, with differing
    image sizes, or you could, maybe, use url-rewriting
    to redirect to the right static html (with differing
    image sizes).

    But that's got a hidden catch22. Because the 37% of
    all users who still use 800x600 resolution probably won't
    have browsers that can deal with Ajax requests.

    Has anybody ever figured out how to optimize image
    sizes for different screen resolutions?
    :nonod:
     
  3. shabbir

    shabbir Administrator Staff Member

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    The best possible solution is

    <script language="javascript">
    if (window.location.search == "") {
    window.location.href = window.location + "?width=" + screen.width + "&height=" + screen.height;
    }
    </script>

    Then create a file called screen.php and use this:

    <?php
    $width = $_get['width'];
    $height = $_get['height'];

    echo "You are using a $width x $height screen resolution";
    // And set them into cookies as well.
    ?>

    You can also look into http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/4700.htm
     

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