GoogleAnalytics doesn't catch my domain as referrer but browsers does

Question

I have a service that we can consider it as a redirect url service . so when I open google analytics realtime screen I didn't find my domain in top referrers list .

header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"); 
header("Location: ".$url); 
exit();

my configurations is a 301 request status, chrome browser detect my domain as a referrer but google analytics not. redirect is from http to http

Any idea how I can figure out this problem ?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '16 at 08:55

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In PHP, use:

header("Location: ".$url,TRUE,301);
exit();

answered Jul 11 '16 at 08:55

Croises

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unfortunately nothing happened – Ahmed Ashraf Jul 11 '16 at 10:59
You must add this code at the top of your page, before any output – Croises Jul 11 '16 at 12:08
And the referer can be null after redirect. Read: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2158283/will-a-302-redirect-maintain-the-referer-string – Croises Jul 11 '16 at 12:15
it's on the top of the page , referrer is recorded in browsers request info but google doesn't record it at all this is the problem .. everything works fine except google analytics referrers list. – Ahmed Ashraf Jul 11 '16 at 13:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 09 '17 at 11:06

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Okay .. I figured it now guys ... you should pass ?utm_source=YourWebsiteName&utm_medium=referral

answered Feb 09 '17 at 11:06

Ahmed Ashraf

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