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best way to parse analytics to find referrer?


for example...

if(isset($_GET['utm_blah'])) { $referrer = $_GET['utm_blah'; }
else { $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; }

looking to parse referrer sent by google adwords, or twitter, or email, ... etc. thanks!


Solution

  • A little snippet

    if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {
        $in['ref']  = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
    } 
    //...
    if(isset($in['ref'])) {
        $found=false;
    
        /* referrer on same domain ? */
        if(isset($in['domain'])) {
            $refdomain=eregi_replace("^www.","",parse_url($in['ref'],PHP_URL_HOST));
            if($in['domain']==$refdomain) {
                $found=true;
            }
            unset($refdomain);
        }
    
        /* check referrer ignore list */
        if($found==false && is_file('refferer.ignore.txt') && filesize('refferer.ignore.txt')>0) {
            $ignorelist=explode("\n",file_get_contents('refferer.ignore.txt'));
            $maxi=count($ignorelist);
            if($maxi>0) {
                $i=0;
                while(false===$found && $i