PHP Laravel : How to get client browser/ Device?

I ended using the faster, and simpler way:

$request->header('User-Agent');

Hope it helps someone!

First add the package to your composer:

{    "require": {        "hisorange/browser-detect": "2.*" // For laravel 5.* versions        "hisorange/browser-detect": "1.*" // For laravel 4.* versions    }}

After the composer update/install add the service provider to your app.php:

'providers' => array(    // ...    'hisorange\BrowserDetect\Provider\BrowserDetectService',    // ...)

Add the alias to the aliases in your app.php:

'aliases' => array(    // ...    'BrowserDetect' => 'hisorange\BrowserDetect\Facade\Parser',)

You must use personal configurations, just publish the package's configuration files, (plugins.php also published with this)

php artisan vendor:publish

You can get result informations by simply call on the facade.

// You can always get the result object from the facade if you wish to operate with it.BrowserDetect::detect(); // Will resolve and return with the 'browser.result' container.// Calls are mirrored to the result object for easier use.BrowserDetect::browserVersion(); // return '3.6' string.// Supporting human readable formats.BrowserDetect::browserName(); // return 'Firefox 3.6' string.// Or can be objective.BrowserDetect::browserFamily(); // return 'Firefox' string.

For details: https://github.com/hisorange/browser-detect

For most of newest laravel versions, this method is working :

Route::get('/agent', function () {    return request()->userAgent();});