Miscellaneous

Misc variables. Any other variables are prefixed with "HTTP_" and have all '-' converted to '_'. Examples are ACCEPT and the User-Agent headers, which are available as the following variables.

Table A-3. Misc variables

Variable NameDescriptionFormatExample
HTTP_ACCEPTA string containing a comma-separated list of MIME types which the client will accept.type/subtype, type/subtype, ...image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, ...
HTTP_USER_AGENTThe browser which the client is using.General format: software/version library/version, Common format: software/version extra_infoMozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows NT)