This guide is about "browscap.ini", a configuration file used by the PHP library "browscap" that contains information about web browsers and their characteristics, such as their name, version, compatible operating systems, browsing capabilities, etc.

File information

The file "browscap.ini" reflects the latest information on web browsers. It can be used with PHP scripts that require the "browscap" library.

phpinfo indicates where the browscap.ini file is located, namely:

/opt/php/lib/php/browscap.ini

You can retrieve the content of the file yourself via a PHP script, for example:

<?php
header("Content-type: text/plain");
print file_get_contents("/opt/php/lib/php/browscap.ini");
?>

Note that the "browscap" library is no longer widely used and that many developers prefer other solutions for browser detection, such as the native PHP function "get_browser()".