[insha]

I wanted to create a site that is only accessible to people whom are using a mac (sort of like certain sections of the .mac that can not be accessed if you are not on a mac).

Is it possible in PHP or will I have to forego (sp?) this idea?

[Arkham_c]

Originally posted by insha:
I wanted to create a site that is only accessible to people whom are using a mac (sort of like certain sections of the .mac that can not be accessed if you are not on a mac).

Is it possible in PHP or will I have to forego (sp?) this idea?

You can try to limit the site by web browser user agent, but there's no guarantee that it won't be bypassed.

[insha]

Originally posted by Arkham_c:
You can try to limit the site by web browser user agent, but there's no guarantee that it won't be bypassed.

I had thought about doing this; but then I figured it would easy to bypass that check. There must be another (read better) way of doing this.

I wonder how Apple is doing it for .Mac?!?

[Millennium]

Originally posted by insha:
I had thought about doing this; but then I figured it would easy to bypass that check. There must be another (read better) way of doing this.

I wonder how Apple is doing it for .Mac?!?

There is no foolproof method. The closest thing you can really do is require that the user have JavaScript turned on, then check the platform using Navigator.platform() (or whatever it's called; I don't remember off the top of my head). Navigator.platform is harder to fake than the user-agent string.

Of course, if you do this, then you've started requiring JavaScript, and that will alienate some of your userbase. A fair number of people strongly dislike JavaScript even though they surf with it enabled. It's like Flash in that aspect.

[thePurpleGiant]

May I ask why you want to do this?

[Stradlater]

Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
May I ask why you want to do this?

To fight The Man, of course.

[peterthorn]

If you are using .php, you could look at http://www.php.net/function.get-browser and get ideas (at least it doesn't rely on javascript, but can still be fooled).

Peter

[philzilla]

i have a Safari-only style sheet, which only loads when viewed with Safari. you could do something like that, i guess. [php]<style type="text/css" media="screen">
@import "css/style.css";
<?php
if (strpos($_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"], "Safari") !== false) {
echo " @import \"css/safari.css\";\n";
} ?>
</style>[/php]as stated above though, this probably isn't foolproof at all.

[mdc]

Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
page = ((navigator.platform.indexOf('Win') > -1) ? "windowspage.html" : "macpage.html");
window.location=page;
</script>

little javascript that will redirect depending on what os is used.

[bygimis]

Originally posted by insha:
I wanted to create a site that is only accessible to people whom are using a mac (sort of like certain sections of the .mac that can not be accessed if you are not on a mac).

Is it possible in PHP or will I have to forego (sp?) this idea?

You could embed a very simple Java Applet that relies on Java 1.2, then examine the system properties of the Java VM to detect the host platform.

That would be very hard to forge.