Redirect single page if browser is ie 8

Question

I have a wordpress site and I need the homepage ONLY to be redirected to a different homepage if the browser is IE8.

This is what i have in the header, but, it redirects every page if someone is on ie8 because the header is on every page.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
if ((navigator.userAgent.match("MSIE 8.0"))) {
  location.replace("http://website.com/ie8/");
}
-->
</script>

Since this is in the header, every page on my site gets redirected to website.com/ie8. I only need the homepage to do it. Thoughts? Thanks.

Answer 1

if (navigator.userAgent.match("MSIE 8.0") && window.location.pathname === '/') {
  location.replace("http://website.com/ie8/");
}

Answer 2

(I would recommend you do redirection from PHP by using get_browser() (or checking $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] directly) and then redirect as explained here: How to make a redirect in PHP?

That will be faster, more efficient, and more reliable than via js.