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CakePHP's built-in CakeRequest object can easily determine if a request is from a mobile device:

$this->request->is('mobile'); 

However, sometimes an application needs finer control over what to serve certain devices, such as a mobile layout to smartphones and a desktop layout to tablets. The MobileDetect project is a "lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices". This component, packaged as a plugin, makes MobileDetect available in a CakePHP controller.

Compatibility:

Tested with CakePHP 2.10.x, but should work fine with any CakePHP 2.x version.

NOTE: This plugin is not CakePHP 3.x compatible, but the Mobile_Detect lib is included with the CakePHP 3 app skeleton and can be used and extended as needed making this plugin unnecessary.

• cakephp/app#38
• cakephp/cakephp#3031

Installation:

Using Composer/Packagist:

In your project composer.json file:

{ "require": { "chronon/mobile_detect": "*" }, "config": { "vendor-dir": "Vendor" } } 

This will install the plugin into Plugin/MobileDetect, and install the Mobile_Detect lib (from Packagist) into your Vendor directory.

In your app's Config/bootstrap.php, import composer's autoload file:

<?php App::import('Vendor', array('file' => 'autoload'));

Using git:

You will need the component (packaged as a plugin), and the MobileDetect PHP library (not included). The MobileDetect library needs to be in this plugin's Vendor directory and must be named 'MobileDetect'. Using git, something like this:

git clone git@github.com:chronon/CakePHP-MobileDetectComponent-Plugin.git app/Plugin/MobileDetect git clone git@github.com:serbanghita/Mobile-Detect.git app/Plugin/MobileDetect/Vendor/MobileDetect

Usage:

The component has only one method, named detect. It accepts two arguments: the method to pass to the MobileDetect library, and any arguments for the passed method.

Example: check if a request is from a tablet:

$result = $this->MobileDetect->detect('isTablet'); 

Example: check if a request is from an iOS device :

$result = $this->MobileDetect->detect('isiOS'); 

Example: get version number of an Android device:

$result = $this->MobileDetect->detect('version', 'Android'); 

See the demo at mobiledetect.net for a list of all available methods.

Example:

Let's say we want to serve a mobile layout to smartphones and a desktop layout to tablets. Instead of loading the component on every request (by adding it to your controller's $components array), we'll load the component on the fly when needed. This example sets a session variable tablet if the request is from a tablet, calling the component only once.

In Controller/AppController.php:

<?php public function beforeFilter() { // check if the request is 'mobile', includes phones, tablets, etc. if ($this->request->is('mobile')) { if (!$this->_isTablet()) { // if the request is mobile, but not a tablet, activate the mobile layout $this->_setMobile(); } } } protected function _setMobile() { $this->theme = 'Mobile'; // etc... } protected function _isTablet() { if ($this->Session->check('tablet')) { return $this->Session->read('tablet'); } // load the component $this->MobileDetect = $this->Components->load('MobileDetect.MobileDetect'); // pass the component the 'isTablet' method $result = $this->MobileDetect->detect('isTablet'); $this->Session->write('tablet', $result); return $result; }