Like the basic browser detection you can easily detect  ipad  in your website using PHP script.This is very useful in developing ipad specific web applications.

The PHP script uses the $_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’].

<?php
echo($_SERVER[‘HTTP_USER_AGENT’]);
?>

A simple script to detect ipad and redirect to a page.

apple-ipad

< ?php
    if(strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],’iPad’))
  {
       header(‘Location: http://www.devlup.com/ipad’);
  }

?>

Similarly iphone can be detected using the same way

apple-iphone

< ?php
     if(strstr($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'],’iPod’))
   {

       header(‘Location: http://www.devlup.com/iphone’);
   }

?>

Developer’s Link:

strstr , get_ browser

Try this script on your ipad and share your views.