LMAP .htaccess rewrite rules with google analytics - Help needed

privsec

I am trying to build a rewrite rule that will report how many visits to sub.domain.com occur.

I dont care If I use google analytics, mautic, or any other of the apps available.

I just need to know how many visits this subdomain is getting to track attention and clickthrough.

How can I achieve this?

robi

Isn't that done through the JS in the HTML provided by your analytics of choice?

nebulon

I also am not sure how this would be related to .htaccess rewrite ruls. @privsec do you have any more background info on that?

privsec

When reviewing the code, it states that the index.hmlt is overwritten when using the .htaccess.php

So I thought it had to be in the .htaccess file. Sigh, so all I have to do is add it to the .html file and it will work?

robi

No, for GA you just add the code to the HTML page(s) and that's it. Same for Mautic, Matomo, Ackee, Umami, etc.

privsec

So with GA, I created the data stream and added the TAG as directed after th head tag on the default index.php file that comes with the LAMP app install.

It isnt detecting traffic, Ill check back on this in 48 hours but even google is saying that it isnt detecting the GA tag.

robi

If you're actually using .php pages w/o HTML, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15201082/where-to-add-google-analytics-code-to-a-php-website

There is no delay, it should either work or not from the GA console.

privsec

Ok, then something I am doing is wrong. And I don't know what.

/app/data/public/ .htaccess contains this

# Permanent URL redirect 
RewriteEngine on
Redirect 302 / https://discord.gg/bGH$$$$$$$

/app/data/public/ index.php contains this


<html>
<head>
  <title> Cloudron LAMP app (PHP 7.4)</title>
</head>

<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-H65R5$%#%@"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

  gtag('config', 'G-H65R@#$$%#');
</script>
<body>
</body>
</html>
`

robi

@privsec If you're trying to use the.php file, why would you intercept it with the 302 redirect?

privsec

I'm not. I want all traffic going to sub.domain.com to be rerouted to another location.

I also want to track how this link is performing.

robi

@privsec You are. Which is why it's not working as you think it should.

.htaccess gets evaluated before any file is served.

If you want to do what you describe, then do the redirect in your index.php so the GA tag can execute as well.

privsec

Ahh, I see. I am using the .php file as that was what was recommended above.

If I could do it all in one place than that is preferred.

If I do it in the .php file, is the redirect immediate?
I do not want the end user to sit and wait or anything

robi

It's as immediate as you make it, with messages, delays or not.

privsec

Everything I'm finding online keeps referring to use .htaccess to do the redirect.

So can you point me in the right direction?

privsec

Actually, I just found

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://example.com">
        <script type="text/javascript">
            window.location.href = "http://example.com"
        </script>
        <title>Page Redirection</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <!-- Note: don't tell people to `click` the link, just tell them that it is a link. -->
        If you are not redirected automatically, follow this <a href='http://example.com'>link to example</a>.
    </body>
</html>

And I found

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
 
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; url=http://example.com">
 
<script>
  window.location.href = "http://example.com"
</script>
 
<title>Page Redirection</title>
 
<!-- Note: don't tell people to `click` the link, just tell them that it is a link. -->
If you are not redirected automatically, follow the <a href='http://example.com'>link to example</a>

privsec

So I still don't know what is wrong. It should be working.

This is now what I have in index.php


<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en-US">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=https://discord.gg/bG$$$$$$$">
        <script type="text/javascript">
            window.location.href = "https://discord.gg/bGH$$$$$$$"
        </script>
        <title>Community</title>
    </head>
    <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-H65$$$$$$$"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

  gtag('config', 'G-H65$$$$$$$');
</script>
    <body>
        <!-- Note: don't tell people to `click` the link, just tell them that it is a link. -->
        If you are not redirected automatically, follow this <a href='https://discord.gg/bG$$$$$$$'>link to our community</a>.
    </body>
</html>

This is my .htaccess file

# Permanent URL redirect 
# RewriteEngine on
# Redirect 302 / https://discord.gg/b34345345345

privsec

The redirect is working as I would expect it to, but GA isn't working

robi

That does not look like a php file. Perhaps rename it to .html

privsec

Renamed from index.php to index.html

redirect works, GA doesn't

privsec

I noticed my GA was outside my head tag (DOH!) but even after moving that, it still isn't being recognized.

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