Get information of site from wher user clicked our link using php or javascript

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I have a question please guide.

I want to know from which social account user click on my sites link.

For example: I shared my site links on Facebook and WhatsApp and now users are coming from these links. I want to know if user click my link from Facebook or WhatsApp, without passing any query parameters to link.

I tried http_referrer

what u tried so far? share it – ericmp Nov 16 '22 at 16:00 — ericmp, Nov 16 '22 at 16:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 18 '22 at 19:54

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In PHP, you can use the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to know where the user came from.

edited Nov 18 '22 at 19:54

Steven Kuipers

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answered Nov 16 '22 at 16:00

filoumouton

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I already tried this but its always empty – mohsin mustafa Nov 16 '22 at 16:25
From what I know this variable can indeed be empty in some cases, described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6880668/19422491 Maybe your are in one of this cases? – filoumouton Nov 17 '22 at 15:24

Get information of site from wher user clicked our link using php or javascript

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