PHP - Track where users come from referer or direct?

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i'm trying to track my visitors, i'm using with $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER],

i have some problem, when users come from https refferal the $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER] disappear In iOS 6.

in this case, how can i know if user come from refferer or direct, is there another way to know if users come directly ?

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-15.1.3 – hakre Nov 10 '12 at 15:38 — hakre, Nov 10 '12 at 15:38

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 10 '12 at 14:26

If the client does not send a referer header there is no way to know from where he comes.

However, you can determine if the user was on your site before by setting a cookie containing a timestamp and checking if that cookie already exists and how old the timestamp in it is.

PHP - Track where users come from referer or direct?

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