v2.0.0 Modernization

Added

• PSR-4 autoloading with cbschuld namespace
• Return type declarations on key methods (setVersion, checkBrowserEdge, etc.)
• compareVersion() method for PHP 8+ compatible version comparisons
• Enhanced Edge browser detection (supports Edge/, Edg/, EdgA/, EdgiOS/ patterns)
• Root-level Browser.php shim for non-Composer backward compatibility
• GitHub Actions CI pipeline (replaces Travis CI)
• Support metadata in composer.json
• Comprehensive upgrade documentation (UPGRADING.md)

Changed

• BREAKING: Minimum PHP version is now 8.0 (was 7.2)
• BREAKING: Added return type declarations to key methods (may affect extenders)
• BREAKING: Class is now namespaced as cbschuld\Browser
• Updated PHPUnit to 9.6 for broad PHP 8.x compatibility
• Updated phpunit.xml.dist to PHPUnit 9.6 schema
• Fixed fgetcsv escape parameter for PHP 8.1+ compatibility
• Removed composer.lock from repository (library best practice)

Removed

• Support for PHP 7.x
• Travis CI configuration (.travis.yml)
• Composer branch alias

Migration

• See UPGRADING.md for detailed migration instructions
• Backward compatibility maintained via automatic class aliasing
• Non-Composer users can still use direct includes

Breaking Changes

PHP Version Requirement

• Minimum PHP version: 8.0+ (was 7.2+)
• Reason: Enables modern PHP features and improved performance

Namespace Introduction

• New namespace: cbschuld\Browser
• Migration path: See usage examples below

Return Type Declarations

• Added return type hints to protected methods
• Impact: If you extend the Browser class and override protected methods, you'll need to add matching return types
• Example: protected function checkBrowserEdge(): bool (was protected function checkBrowserEdge())

1.9.6 - support for Android Edge

Adds

• support for Android Edge

Removes

• tests for 7.2 as it was dropped by Travis CI/trusty

Changes

• moved from /lib to /src for classes to get ready for 2.0 which will support PSR-4 loading

v1.9.5 - better support for Edge, testing improvements

Added

• better support for the Edge Browser
• updated travis to trusty and removed 7.2, added 7.4 for tests
• added better/additional Edge tests

Thanks

• thank you to @GramThanos for the PRs

v1.9.4 - added Brave and UCBrowser (fixes)

Added

• Added better support for Firefox Mobile
• Added support for the Brave browser
• Added support for the UCBrowser
• Added more tests for specific User Agents and more IE tests (removed duplicate UAs as well)

v1.9.1 - [rebuilt 1.9.1 due to typo in php file]

6/19/2019: Update (Version 1.9.1)

• Added Firefox iOS (gejobj)
• Corrected 'Vivalidi' to 'Vivaldi' (adaxi)
• Reset enhancement (yahasana)
• Enforce using precise distribution until End Of Life for Travis CI (bburnichon)
• Lazy load browser class on demand (bburnichon)

v1.9.3 - curl, wget and Palemoon

Added support for curl, wget and palemoon. Also added testing for both.

v1.9.2 - Testing Begins

Added testing to this release, updated the firefox and chrome sensors. Test suite addresses Firefox, Chrome and Opera detection with 3684 individual user-agent tests.

Added

• PHPUnit Tests for Firefox, Opera and Chrome (3684 tests, 7368 assertions)
• Stronger tests for Firefox and Chrome

Removed

• Dropped support for 5.x PHP due to updates to PHPUnit and legacy nature of 5.X