is it possible to detect if flash is installed using PHP. My aim is, that if it is installed it will play a flv file, and if not it will use another player eg; quicktime? If it is possible how do I go about doing it?
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Tom
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is it possible to detect if flash is installed using PHP. My aim is, that if it is installed it will play a flv file, and if not it will use another player eg; quicktime? If it is possible how do I go about doing it?
Thanks
Tom
There’s a better approach to this –
Use SWFObject to embed your .swf file. This is pretty much industry standard these days, nobody who knows what they’re doing uses the pre-built Flash embed code.
The reason SWFObject will help you is that you basically tell it to go find a div on your site and replace it with a div containing embedded Flash. If the user doesn’t have Flash installed, no problem – it just continues to display the original div.
The idea, then, is that you put your alt-content into the div that’s going to be replaced by your .swf. This works very nicely, and should be perfect for what you need.