New iPad OS detected as computer

[Dmitriy]

Hello! New iPad OS detected as computer. In new version Apple use core like on Mac

[webdesignweisshart]

Same with Microsoft Surface Go Win 11. Also detected as computer.

[Aaron Summers]

Hello! New iPad OS detected as computer. In new version Apple use core like on Mac

I created a hacky way to detect the new iPad iOS. I found that the version number on a Mac contains a dot (.) and the version number on an iPad contains an underscore(_).

I'm just checking the version for an underscore and setting a global variable.

This may be of use to someone else.

(As a side note: I'm actually using this to set a session cookie within my own site rather than a global variable. But that code is out of scope for this reply.)

       /**
	 * HACKY WAY TO SEE IF WE'RE ON A IOS DEVICE 
	 ** Checking the user agent
	 ** Separate the content between the brackets returned by the user agent 
	 ** Create an array of the mobile device os separated by semicolon
	 ** Check for an underscore which is only used by iOS within the version number 
	 ** @example  '10.1' (Mac OS) / '10_1' (iOS)
	 */
	$mobile_detect = new \Detection\MobileDetect;
	$userAgent     = $mobile_detect->userAgent;
	$explode       = explode( '(', $userAgent );
	preg_match( '#\((.*?)\)#', $userAgent, $match );
	$current_os        = $match[1] ?? '';
	$current_os_array  = explode( '; ', $current_os );
	$mobile_os_version = ( str_contains( $current_os_array[1], '_' ) && str_contains( $current_os_array[1], 'OS X' ) );

	// Create the global variable...
	$GLOBALS['is_new_apple_tablet'] = $mobile_os_version; // @return boolean true || false