Question

How could I detect the users that are on mobile/tablet/desktop without WURFL in ZendFramework 1.12?

PS:
ZF internal method, if possible.

Answer 1

Here’s a simple controller plugin (untested) that will check the useragent string:

class My_Plugin_Mobile extends Zend_Controller_Plugin_Abstract
{
    protected $uaStrings = array('nokia', 'android', 'ipod', 'itouch');

    public function preDispatch(Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $request)
    {
        if (!$request->isPost() && $request->getServer('HTTP_HOST') != 'm.example.com') {
            foreach ($this->uaStrings as $uaString) {
                if (strpos(strtolower($request->getServer('HTTP_USER_AGENT')), $uaString) !== false) {
                    header("Location: http://m.example.com".$request->getPathInfo());
                    exit;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

You’ll have to add some more useragents to the array but hopefully that will get you started.