Track an email address click through using the click.php???

danjd · Jan 8, 2009

Anyone know if i can adapt the click.php to display the email address of the person who clicked the link?

I'm think that using tags and the click.php script i should be able to.

Stan... you seem to be the man..... what do you reckon? this is lifted from the click through page 'You could also track people e-mails for example.'

big thanks!

stanbusk · Jan 8, 2009

Yes, you can do that. You have to add code to get that data stored in a second file for example. It is more o less duplicating part of the existing code.

danjd · Jan 9, 2009

Great!

So my second question is...... :wink:

well how would i go about that then. I'm not really the programming whizz.......

Do you have any examples of this you would be willing to share with us Stan?

PS Thanks so much for the quick response!

stanbusk · Jan 9, 2009

This is an example that logs 2 more parameters,
the country and the operating system:

Code:

<?php
/***************************************************************************
 *                               click.php
 *                            -------------------
 *   begin                : Monday, Jan 30, 2006
 *   copyright            : (C) 2006 MaxProgramming, LLC
 *   email                : [email protected]
 *
 ***************************************************************************/
 
import_request_variables('GPC'); // In case register_globals = OFF in php.ini

//--SETTINGS--------------------------------------------------------------------

$filename         = 'click.dat';   // Data file path
$filename_country = 'country.dat'; // Data file path
$filename_system  = 'system.dat';  // Data file path

$password = 'admin';     // Admin panel password

//--SCRIPT----------------------------------------------------------------------

if (file_exists($filename)) {
   $handle = fopen($filename, "r+"); //The file $filename exists
} else {
   $handle = fopen($filename, "a+"); //The file $filename doesn't exists
   rewind($handle);
}
$fcontents = file($filename);

if (file_exists($filename_country)) {
   $handle_country = fopen($filename_country, "r+"); //The file $filename_country exists
} else {
   $handle_country = fopen($filename_country, "a+"); //The file $filename_country doesn't exists
   rewind($handle_country);
}
$fcontents_country = file($filename_country);

if (file_exists($filename_system)) {
   $handle_system = fopen($filename_system, "r+"); //The file $filename_system exists
} else {
   $handle_system = fopen($filename_system, "a+"); //The file $filename_system doesn't exists
   rewind($handle_system);
}
$fcontents_system = file($filename_system);

if ($admin == $password) {
	$page .= "<html>\n";
	$page .= "<head><title>Admin Page</title></head>\n";
	$page .= "<body bgcolor=#ffaa04>\n";

	$page .= "<table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0>\n";
	$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#0703A9>\n";
	$page .= "<td colspan=2><font size=3 face=arial color=white><b>Click Count Statistics</b></font></td>\n";
	$page .= "</tr>\n";
	$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#999999>\n";
	$page .= "<td><font size=2 face=arial><B>URL</td>\n";
	$page .= "<td align=center><font size=2 face=arial><B>Clicks</td>\n";
	$page .= "</tr>\n";
	while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents)) { // while there are elements in the array
		list($url, $count) = split('\|', $line);
		$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#dddddd><td><font size=2 face=arial><a href=\"$url\" target=\"_blank\">$url</a></td><td align=center><font size=2 face=arial>$count</td><tr>\n";
	}
	$page .= "</table>\n";

	$page .= "<br>\n";

	// ------------------------------ Display Country Statistics
	$page .= "<table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0>\n";
	$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#0703A9>\n";
	$page .= "<td colspan=2><font size=3 face=arial color=white><b>Country Statistics</b></font></td>\n";
	$page .= "</tr>\n";
	$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#999999>\n";
	$page .= "<td><font size=2 face=arial><B>Country</td>\n";
	$page .= "<td align=center><font size=2 face=arial><B>Clicks</td>\n";
	$page .= "</tr>\n";
	while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents_country)) { // while there are elements in the array
		list($data, $count) = split('\|', $line);
		$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#dddddd><td><font size=2 face=arial>$data</td><td align=center><font size=2 face=arial>$count</td><tr>\n";
	}
	$page .= "</table>\n";

	$page .= "<br>\n";

	// ------------------------------ Display Operating System Statistics
	$page .= "<table border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0>\n";
	$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#0703A9>\n";
	$page .= "<td colspan=2><font size=3 face=arial color=white><b>Operating System Statistics</b></font></td>\n";
	$page .= "</tr>\n";
	$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#999999>\n";
	$page .= "<td><font size=2 face=arial><B>Operating System</td>\n";
	$page .= "<td align=center><font size=2 face=arial><B>Clicks</td>\n";
	$page .= "</tr>\n";
	while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents_system)) { // while there are elements in the array
		list($data, $count) = split('\|', $line);
		$page .= "<tr bgcolor=#dddddd><td><font size=2 face=arial>$data</td><td align=center><font size=2 face=arial>$count</td><tr>\n";
	}
	$page .= "</table>\n";

	$page .= "</body>\n";
	$page .= "</html>\n";

	echo $page;

} else {

	// ------------------------------ We log the country
	if ($country <> "") {
		$exists = False;
		while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents_country)) { // while there are elements in the array
			list($data, $count) = split('\|', $line);			
			$count = str_replace("\n", "", $count);		
			if (strcmp($data, $country) == 0) { 
				//$count = intval($count);
				$count++;
				$exists = True;
			} 
			
			if ($line_num > '0') { $newcontents_country .= "\n"; }
			$newcontents_country .= "$data|$count";
		}

		if (!$exists) {
			if ($newcontents_country <> "") { $newcontents_country .="\n"; }
			$count = 1;
			$newcontents_country .= "$country|$count";
		}

		if (flock($handle_country, LOCK_EX)) { 
			fputs($handle_country, $newcontents_country);
			flock($handle_country, LOCK_UN);
		}
		
		fclose($handle_country);

	}

	// ------------------------------ We log the operating system
	if ($system <> "") {
		$exists = False;
		while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents_system)) { // while there are elements in the array
			list($data, $count) = split('\|', $line);			
			$count = str_replace("\n", "", $count);		
			if (strcmp($data, $system) == 0) { 
				//$count = intval($count);
				$count++;
				$exists = True;
			} 
			
			if ($line_num > '0') { $newcontents_system .= "\n"; }
			$newcontents_system .= "$data|$count";
		}

		if (!$exists) {
			if ($newcontents_system <> "") { $newcontents_system .="\n"; }
			$count = 1;
			$newcontents_system .= "$system|$count";
		}

		if (flock($handle_system, LOCK_EX)) { 
			fputs($handle_system, $newcontents_system);
			flock($handle_system, LOCK_UN);
		}
		
		fclose($handle_system);

	}

	// ------------------------------ We log the URL that was clicked
	if ($link <> "") {
		$exists = False;
		while (list ($line_num, $line) = each ($fcontents)) { // while there are elements in the array
			list($url, $count) = split('\|', $line);			
			$count = str_replace("\n", "", $count);		
			if (strcmp($url, $link) == 0) { 
				//$count = intval($count);
				$count++;
				$exists = True;
			} 
			
			if ($line_num > '0') { $newcontents .= "\n"; }
			$newcontents .= "$url|$count";
		}

		if (!$exists) {
			if ($newcontents <> "") { $newcontents .="\n"; }
			$count = 1;
			$newcontents .= "$link|$count";
		}

		if (flock($handle, LOCK_EX)) { 
			fputs($handle, $newcontents);
			flock($handle, LOCK_UN);
		}
		
		fclose($handle);
		
		if ( $forward == "no" ) {
			//Do nothing
		} else {
			header("Location: $link");
		}
	}
}

?>

danjd · Jan 9, 2009

Stan you are my hero. Thank you so much.

just one last thing if you don't mind...... What should we use as a seperator between -

[email protected] and link=www.mydomain.com?

danjd · Jan 9, 2009

don't worry Stan. i think & does it.

Thanks again for your help.

mdelrossi · Feb 5, 2009

I had it working but for some reason it doesen't anymore.

Code:

php?email=[E-mail Address]

what am I doing wrong?

thanks
mdr

stanbusk · Feb 6, 2009

What error do you get?

mdelrossi · Feb 6, 2009

Never mind i had a brain fart

I was testing it through the web not via my email client duhhh

carry on
mdr

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