how to detect visitors from other sites in php

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Hi,

I am currently working on my own project, this is a simple web application integrated with a SMS Gateway!! now I what I want is -
1. I want to where my visitors are coming from? like I have a Facebook page for that site. I want to detect if any user is visiting my site from that Facebook page.

I know there are many services and third party tools to do that. But what I want to know is that if there is any method id PHP I can use or if there any method in PHP close to that or relevant.

Thank You in advance.

Posted 22-Nov-11 2:52am

Md. Tarek Showkot

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DaveAuld 22-Nov-11 9:00am

If you are trying to understand your site usage, you are best to use the likes of Google Analytics..........

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DaveAuld · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-22T02:59:00

Have a look at the document.refferer

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_doc_referrer.asp[^]

For example, if I code to may CodeProject profile, click my HomePage icon, this will load up my website in the browser, if I then inspect the page with the browser debugger and put document.refferer in the javascript console, it shows me the URL to the codeproject profile page.