How can PHP developers effectively manage CSS loading based on User-Agent browser detection without compromising security?

To effectively manage CSS loading based on User-Agent browser detection without compromising security, PHP developers can use server-side detection to identify the user's browser and serve specific CSS files accordingly. This can be done by using PHP's $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] variable to get the user's browser information and then conditionally loading the appropriate CSS file based on the detected browser. 

$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];

if (strpos($user_agent, 'Chrome') !== false) {
    echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="chrome.css">';
} elseif (strpos($user_agent, 'Firefox') !== false) {
    echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="firefox.css">';
} else {
    echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css">';
}

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PHP CSS loading User-Agent browser detection security

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