Are there any best practices or specific PHP functions that can help filter or refine the browser name output to display only the browser name (e.g., Firefox) instead of the full user agent string?

To filter or refine the browser name from a user agent string in PHP, you can use the get_browser() function along with the browscap.ini file. This function returns an array of browser capabilities based on the user agent string. By accessing the 'browser' key in the returned array, you can extract the browser name.

$browser_info = get_browser(null, true);
$browser_name = $browser_info['browser'];
echo $browser_name;