Detecting mobile browsers on the web?

Question

I\'m curious to know how to check for iPhone, iPad and other mobile browsers.(JavaScript or CSS)

Edit:

Not user agent string, please. That can be faked.

Answer 1

I would use WURFL. It's an Open Source xml-database of more than 10000 mobile devices that will detect (almost always) your Mobile Phone and Browser capabilities given the user-agent HTTP header value.

You will get information like:

1. Screen size
2. XHTML/HTML support level
3. Graphic type support

Many others.

There are wrapper APIs for popular languages such as PHP, Java and .NET, so you won't have to deal with the XML database yourself.