Want to get youtube ID in referrer domain with PHP?

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I've researched but not found a solution for this situation, please advise!

I want to track where exactly click come from a youtube video.

What I have tried:

A PHP file named "trackid.php" with following code:

PHP

$actual_link = (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] : '';
echo $actual_link;

I shortened URL of that file using goo.gl, and place that shortened URL in the description of a Youtube video.

When I try to open the shortened URL, the result is

https://www.youtube.com/

But I need to get full URL including "watch?v=sampleID", I want to get ID of the video for tracking purpose.

Please advise!

Posted 28-Jan-18 3:44am

Luca Le

Updated 28-Jan-18 4:07am

OriginalGriff

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Mohibur Rashid 28-Jan-18 16:50pm

What does your
print_r($_SERVER);
Shows?

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luplup · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-30T03:59:00

Solution 1

You cannot because it come from https and so there is only the domain transmited and not the full url.

Posted 30-Jan-18 3:59am

luplup

Updated 30-Jan-18 4:12am

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OriginalGriff 30-Jan-18 10:13am

Please don't repost if your messagedoes not appear immediately: all of these went to moderation and required a human being to review them for publication. In order to prevent you being kicked off as a spammer, both had to be accepted, and then I have to clean up the spare. Have a little patience, please!

luplup 30-Jan-18 10:28am

Sorry Griff, i have repost because my post disappear after trying editing it for a typo... and im just discovering this "Quick answers" section.

OriginalGriff 30-Jan-18 10:37am

It disappeared because it went to moderation - there is an automatic anti-spam system and you came to it's attention! :laugh:
It's not allowed to delete things - that's reserved for humans, but we moderators are pretty quick at checking these things out and getting them back in place. I know it's a pain, but you wouldn't *believe* how much cr@p a single spambot can generate when they get going, so it's definitely necessary.
Things don't (generally) just disappear round here, so have a little patience, please.

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luplup 30-Jan-18 12:34pm

Sorry for the other place too :)
I have answer too quick :D
And it's not because of no patience...
Thanks for the welcome ;)