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Tracking IDs lose their identity

Vphoner's picture
Submitted by Vphoner on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 02:04.

I have noticed that my passed parameters (using php and session variables) sometimes lose their way. I have a fallback ID that shows up when the variable is not found or out of range. I see this fallback ID everyday in my tracking reports on the affiliate reports. Anyone else notice this? That your tracking ID or passed parameters disappear to a default. I don't get enough organic clicks to account for this. I have noticed it on new pages that had not even been indexed. Anyway to program in PHP to keep the variables alive longer?

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Tracking IDs lose their identity

Jeremy Palmer's picture
Submitted by Jeremy Palmer on Thu, 10/11/2007 - 18:43.

Save the session id to a cookie....

<?php
//initiate the session
session_start();
//set the cookie value to the current session id
$cookie_value = session_id();
//set the cookie to expire in 30 days
$cookie_expires = time() + (60*60*24*30);
//use the setcookie function to write the cookie
setcookie('cookie_name', $cookie_value, $cookie_expires, '/', '.quityourdayjob.com');
?>

For more on cookies:
http://us3.php.net/setcookie

For more on sessions:
http://us2.php.net/session

Best,

Jeremy

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