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This small package allows you to detect and store the visitor referrer so that you can access it later.

A typical use case would be saving the referrer in a database when a visitor registers in your app.

The package is designed to be flexible regarding:

How you want to detect the referrer
How you want to store the referrer value

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require elegantly/laravel-referrer

Usage

Capturing the Visitor Referrer

First, publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="referrer-config"

This is the content of the published config file:

return [
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Referrer Sources
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | These are the classes containing the logic to detect the visitor's referrer.
    | You can disable some of them or add as many as you want.
    | No matter how many sources you define, they will all be stored.
    |
    */
    'sources' => [
        \Elegantly\Referrer\Sources\UtmReferrerSource::class,
        \Elegantly\Referrer\Sources\RequestHeaderSource::class,
    ],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Referrer Drivers
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | These are the classes containing the logic to store the visitor's referrer.
    | By default, they are all disabled. To enable a driver, add a "key" value.
    | You can also add your own driver if needed.
    | No matter how many drivers you define, they will all store the referrer sources.
    |
    */
    'drivers' => [
        \Elegantly\Referrer\Drivers\ContextDriver::class => [
            'key' => null,
        ],
        \Elegantly\Referrer\Drivers\SessionDriver::class => [
            'key' => null,
        ],
        \Elegantly\Referrer\Drivers\CookieDriver::class => [
            'key' => null,
            /**
             * Lifetime in seconds
             */
            'lifetime' => 60 * 60 * 24 * 365,
        ],
    ],
];

In the file, enable one or more drivers by setting a value for the key.

Next, add the CaptureReferrerMiddleware to your route:

Using Laravel v11:

use Elegantly\Referrer\CaptureReferrerMiddleware;

->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
     $middleware->append(CaptureReferrerMiddleware::class);
})

Using Laravel v10:

use Elegantly\Referrer\CaptureReferrerMiddleware;

namespace App\Http;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel as HttpKernel;

class Kernel extends HttpKernel
{
    protected $middlewareGroups = [
        'web' => [
            // ...
            \Elegantly\Referrer\CaptureReferrerMiddleware::class,
        ],
    ];
}

Retrieving the Visitor Referrer

You can retrieve the referrer sources using the facade:

\Elegantly\Referrer\Facades\Referrer::get(); // Merges all drivers together, with the first one having priority over the next ones
\Elegantly\Referrer\Facades\Referrer::getSourcesByDriver(); // Retrieves all driver values

Here is a full example inside a controller:

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Http\Requests\Auth\RegisterRequest;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Elegantly\Referrer\Facades\Referrer;
use Elegantly\Referrer\Sources\UtmReferrerSource;

class RegisteredUserController extends Controller
{
    public function store(RegisterRequest $request)
    {
        $validated = $request->validated();

        $user = new User($validated);

        $user->referrer = Referrer::get()->get(UtmReferrerSource::class)->utm_source;

        $user->save();

        Auth::login($user);

        return redirect("/");
    }
}

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

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Credits

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see the License File for more information.

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