I am developing a web page that will be used in several different contexts, and while I normally avoid browser sniffing and conditional statements at all costs, there is just no way around it this time.
I'm trying a simple method, and I was hoping I could get some feedback on whether this is a good idea or not.
I am testing for the user agent and then echoing a class on the element in the html (in my case, a div) if the user agent is IE.
<?php echo (strpos(strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']), 'msie') !== FALSE) ? ('classforie') : (''); ?>
Then in my css, I am doing something along the lines of this;
.classone { display: inline-block; }
.classone.classforie { zoom: 1; display: inline; }
Note, the CSS isn't the important part, I just made that up for the sake of example. I'm just wondering if doing things this way is a good practice or not?
