How to find users directly or indirectly entrance to my webpage page by php for statistics?

Question

I want to know how many user enter to my webpage directly and how many by search engines or other sites.

How i can do that?

www.alexa.com provides information about websites including Internet Traffic Stats and Metrics, Related Links — user2092317, Oct 08 '13 at 09:13
What database system are you using? I've done this myself. I'll post the code when I get home if you want. — Patrick Geyer, Oct 08 '13 at 09:45
@user2857863 Sure, how can I send it to you? I use MySql as well. — Patrick Geyer, Oct 08 '13 at 10:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 08 '13 at 09:15

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Your obvious choice would be Google Analytics, although not a "PHP" solution, it should give you all of the information you need.

It's widely supported across the internet and is pretty easy to use too!

Here's the "traffic sources" page:

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answered Oct 08 '13 at 09:15

Jamie Taylor

I know, but i want to implement it by my self. – user2857863 Oct 08 '13 at 09:24
and reinvent the wheel? – Jamie Taylor Oct 08 '13 at 09:26
No, but i have no choice. – user2857863 Oct 08 '13 at 10:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '13 at 09:15

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You can use Google analytics http://www.google.co.in/analytics/ You can monitor everything on your web page using google analytics

answered Oct 08 '13 at 09:15

Mrityunjaya

Patrick Geyer · Answer 3 · 2013-10-08T10:36:10.213

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Do this:

$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']'

You can then store this in a database.

It will be blank if the end user:

Google analytics:

How Does Google Analytics Collect Data?

The data that Google Analytics uses to provide all the information in your reports comes from these sources:

The HTTP request of the visitor Browser/system information First-party cookies : You can get these all from the $_SERVER global.

edited Oct 08 '13 at 10:36

answered Oct 08 '13 at 09:35

Patrick Geyer

Not reliable because not all user-agents support it. – user2857863 Oct 08 '13 at 10:19
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So you want to track referrals to your site, without using `$_SERVER['http_referer'];` or outside tools and you want it to work with all browsers. I feel you're going to be disappointed. – Jamie Taylor Oct 08 '13 at 10:49

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