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Gathering browser information from user interactions in a web application can provide useful insights for analytics, troubleshooting, and improving the user experience. Laravel 10, a sophisticated PHP framework, provides an easy way to get browser information from incoming HTTP requests.

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of acquiring browser details in Laravel 10, such as browser name, browser version, and so on, allowing you to capture and use information about the user’s web browser.

By the end of this class, you’ll have the skills and expertise to efficiently extract browser details in your Laravel 10 applications, allowing you to get insights into user behaviour and improve the user experience using browser-specific information.

Let’s get started.

Laravel Installation

Open terminal and run this command to create a laravel project.

composer create-project laravel/laravel myblog

It will create a project folder with name myblog inside your local system.

To start the development server of laravel –

php artisan serve

URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000

Assuming laravel already installed inside your system.

Installation of Browser Agent Package in Laravel

A PHP package desktop/mobile user agent parser with support for Laravel, based on Mobile Detect with desktop support and additional functionality.

Open project terminal and run this command to install it,

composer require jenssegers/agent

It will install above package into your laravel application,

Once, you install this package successfully. You will get Agent facade in your application.

Next,

Let’s use this package to detect device details like browser name, browser version, etc information.

How To Use Browser Agent in Laravel

Load package in class files,

use Jenssegers\Agent\Facades\Agent;

Example,

$browser = Agent::browser();

$version = Agent::version($browser);

Example of getting Information by Agent Package

Open project terminal and run this command to create controller class,

php artisan make:controller DemoController

It will create a file DemoController.php inside /app/Http/Controllers folder.

Example #1: Get Browser Name and Version in Laravel

Open this controller file and write this code into it.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Jenssegers\Agent\Facades\Agent;

class DemoController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        $browser = Agent::browser();
        $version = Agent::version($browser);

        dd($browser, $version);
    }
}

Output

"Chrome"

"116.0.0.0"

Example #2: Get Device Name in Laravel

To get about device you will use device() method of Agent.

$device = Agent::device();

Output

"WebKit"

Example #3: Get Platform Name in Laravel

To get platform detail, you will use platform() method.

$platform = Agent::platform();

Output

"Linux"

Example #4: Check Device is Desktop, Tablet or Phone in Laravel

To check device type,

For mobile,

Agent::isMobile()

For desktop,

Agent::isDesktop()

For tablet,

Agent::isTablet()

For phone tabs,

Agent::isPhone()

Example

if (Agent::isMobile()) {

    $result = 'Yes, This is Mobile.';
} else if (Agent::isDesktop()) {

    $result = 'Yes, This is Desktop.';
} else if (Agent::isTablet()) {

    $result = 'Yes, This is Desktop.';
} else if (Agent::isPhone()) {
    
    $result = 'Yes, This is Phone.';
}

dd($result);

Output,

Yes, This is Desktop.

Example #5: User is Robot or Not in Laravel

To check system’s user is robot controlled or by user,

Agent::isRobot()

That’s it.

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