How to get browser name and version using JavaScript

Published by Anil Kumar Panigrahi on

Hi friends, In this post I am going to explain about how to get the browser name and there version using simple JavaScript function.

How to get browser name and version using JavaScript by Anil Kumar Panigrahi

How to get browser name and version using JavaScript by Anil Kumar Panigrahi

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function detectBrowser(){
    var N= navigator.appName;
    var UA= navigator.userAgent;
    var temp;
    var browserVersion= UA.match(/(opera|chrome|safari|firefox|msie)\/?\s*(\.?\d+(\.\d+)*)/i);
    if(browserVersion && (temp= UA.match(/version\/([\.\d]+)/i))!= null)
    browserVersion[2]= temp[1];
    browserVersion= browserVersion? "Browser:"+[browserVersion[1]+"\n Version:"+ browserVersion[2]]: [N, navigator.appVersion,'-?'];
    alert(browserVersion);
   
};
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hackdeals.com · May 5, 2014 at 4:58 pm

Browser Name! I was searching since long.

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