Extending UserAgent class

Hello jacobs-kmi,

Here is what you need to do / can do.

1) Create a file in located at /app/Libraries/MyUserAgent.php with the following code:

Code:

<?php

namespace App\Libraries;
use \CodeIgniter\HTTP\UserAgent as BaseUserAgent;

class MyUserAgent extends BaseUserAgent {
    // Your overriding methods here
}

2) Override the service(s) that call UserAgent, such that they use your class instead.  To do this, open /app/Config/Services.php, and add this method, which was copied and modified from the system-level config:

PHP Code:

// This was copied from /vendor/codeigniter4/framework/system/Config/Services.php
public static function request(?App $config = null, bool $getShared = true)
{
    if ($getShared) {
        return static::getSharedInstance('request', $config);
    }

    $config = $config ?? config('App');

    return new IncomingRequest(
        $config,
        AppServices::uri(),
        'php://input',
        new \App\Libraries\MyUserAgent() /// notice that this was modified to use your class
    );
} 


Now, when you call $this->request->getUserAgent(), you'll receive an instance of your custom class.  Fuiyooooooh!