Server Info Not Displaying Properly

Hi Marko,

We have a tracking script that tracks the landing page the user landed on and where they came from (referral URL) / traffic source. It’s failing specifically for ‘Direct Traffic’.

With the plugin is turned on, we get this information:

{“Traffic+Source”:”https:\/\/domain.com\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=w3tc_pgcache”,”Landing+Page”:”https:\/\/domain.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php”}

Sometimes the URLs will change, and we’ll get other cached resources, such as a Contact 7 plugin resource: https://domain.com/wp-json/contact-form-7/v1/contact-forms/77/refill

When the plugin is deactivated, it works as expected:
{“Traffic+Source”:”Direct”,”Landing+Page”:”https:\/\/domain.com\/”}

Here is the PHP code snippet:

if (empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) {

      $lead_info['Traffic Source'] = 'Direct';

} else {

      $lead_info['Traffic Source'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

}
  
$lead_info['Landing Page'] = 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . strtok($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '?');

Thank you for your help!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by borndigital.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by borndigital.

The issue does persist if we disable Page cache. In fact, the issue remains when we uncheck (disable) all caching options on General Settings tab. Only when plugin is deactivated on plugins page, does the issue go away.

If we exclude specific resources from cache – we just find other cached resources being displayed as incorrect information.

Website URL: https://securerecordssolutions.com/

We use Google Analytics on the site. Our script is for additional tracking purposes.

Thanks!

Place the above code I provided in the body of any WordPress theme file. And log the output of this array variable: $lead_info.

You should see the output is different when 1) W3 Total Cache plugin is enabled; and 2) W3 Total Cache plugin is disabled.