Is it possible to get the hardware information with php or javascript?

Question

Is it possible to get the hardware details with php script.Also is it possible to check whether a pen drive or something is connected to the pc via php script. So when users loa

Answer 1

The short answer is no,you won't be able to get things like RAM, HDD space, etc... and even what you can get can easily be spoofed. So the short answer is no, you can't do that with php. You would need to make and have the user download and run something on their computer (like a java applet or activeX control) that can access that sort of stuff.