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runa

Hi guys!
I use a flashfallback exclusively for IE-users on my HTML 5 website that contains video in a -Element:


<?php if(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'MSIE') !== false) { ?>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="flashfallbackscript.js"></script>
	<video src="video/foo.m4v"></video>
										
<?php } else { ?>

	<video>
		<source src="video/foo.m4v" type="video/m4v">
		<source src="video/foo.ogv" type="video/ogg">
	</video>
							
<?php } ?>

It has worked pretty good. With IE9 things are getting more complicated. I want to exclude IE9 which is capable of HTML 5 from the if-area but keep the fallback for visitors with Windows XP, i.e. IE <= 8. My PHP is poor. Can anyone help me?<br />
Thanks alot.
Runa

jamy_za

You can wrap it in this HTML:

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="flashfallbackscript.js"></script>
        <video src="video/foo.m4v"></video>
<![endif]-->

runa

Okay, I should have mentioned that the simplest way doesn't work out. There will remain two video-elements in the DOM then. The other one cannot be removed so easily. There will be no video neither in IE8 nor IE9 then.

Eric

Here are all the ways to target IE. The last one rocks. http://www.visibilityinherit.com/code/target-ie.php

jamy_za

I don't get why you can't do that. You above code can be achieved in html by doing this:

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="flashfallbackscript.js"></script>
        <video src="video/foo.m4v"></video>
<![endif]-->

<!--[if (gte IE 9)|!(IE)]><!-->
        <video>
                <source src="video/foo.m4v" type="video/m4v">
                <source src="video/foo.ogv" type="video/ogg">
        </video>
<!--<![endif]-->

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