Getting Started With Server-Side Google Analytics PHP Client

WARNING: Deprecated !!, _(*1)

Important

This package is directly based on this project from UnitedPrototype : http://code.google.com/p/php-ga/, _(*2)

This package is aimed at using php-ga in symfony 2 as a vendor and a service., _(*3)

Summary :

"ga.js in PHP" - Implementation of a generic server-side Google Analytics client in PHP that implements nearly every parameter and tracking feature of the original GA Javascript client., _(*4)

We love Google Analytics and want to contribute to its community with this PHP client implementation. It is intended to be used stand-alone or in addition to an existing Javascript library implementation., _(*5)

It's PHP, but porting it to e.g. Ruby or Python should be easy. Building this library involved weeks of documentation reading, googling and testing - therefore its source code is thorougly well-documented., _(*6)

The PHP client has nothing todo with the Data Export or Management APIs, although you can of course use them in combination., _(*7)

Requirements

Requires PHP 5.3 as namespaces and closures are used. Has no other dependencies and can be used independantly from any framework or whatsoever environment., _(*8)

Installation :

In your composer file file :, _(*9)

``` js { "require": { "kairos/googleanalytics": "dev-master" } }, _(*10)


**Update your composer :**

``` bash
    php composer.phar update kairos/googleanalytics

Composer will install the bundle to your project's vendor/kairos directory., _(*11)

Enable the bundle in the AppKernel file :, _(*12)

``` php <?php // app/AppKernel.php, _(*13)

public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new GoogleAnalytics\GoogleAnalyticsBundle(),
    );
}


**In your parameters.yml**

``` yaml
    parameters:
        php_ga_accountID:   UA-12345678-9
        php_ga_domain:      yourwebsite.com

How To use :

In your bundle :, _(*14)

You now can include the class in your controller, _(*15)

``` php use GoogleAnalytics;, _(*16)


And track page (or events etc.) :

``` php
    // Initilize GA Tracker
    $tracker = $this->get('googleanalytics');

    // Assemble Visitor information (could also get unserialized from database)
    $visitor = new GoogleAnalytics\Visitor();
    $visitor->setIpAddress($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
    $visitor->setUserAgent($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
    $visitor->setScreenResolution('1024x768');

    // Assemble Session information (could also get unserialized from PHP session)
    $session = new GoogleAnalytics\Session();

    // Assemble Page information
    $page = new GoogleAnalytics\Page('/page.html');
    $page->setTitle('My Page');

    // Track page view
    $tracker->trackPageview($page, $session, $visitor);