Capture User ID on Outgoing Link - Out.php

**parati** · 06-10-2010, 10:44 AM

Hello everyone

We are trying to capture the logged in User id, when they click on the Link,

We are using the out.php, and need some help in understanding how we can do the following

The shared link is for example : http://www.thiswebsite.php/getdetails.php&subid=0&u1={$user-id}

We will manually place the required {user-id} portion in the Link, but this test must be replaced with the actual logged in users id, or user name when the link in clicked

We have tried it with and with the out.php on and as well as multiple expressions of {$user} {$user_logged_in}...etc.

what would be the best case senario is using the out.php to pull and place the user id in the outgoing link.

We tried to modify the out.php but we are way past our limits, here is a portion of the out.php, the red portions are our attempts to have the out.php pull the user id and place it in the link

Code:

include('config.php');
include(mnminclude.'html1.php');
include(mnminclude.'link.php');

$requestID = sanitize($_REQUEST['id'], 3);
$requestUser = sanitize($_REQUEST['user_id'], 3);
$requestTitle = sanitize($_REQUEST['title'], 3);
$requestURL = sanitize($_REQUEST['url'], 3);
$requestTitle = sanitize($requestTitle,4);
$requestURL = sanitize($requestURL,4);
$requestURL = preg_replace('/(https?:\/)([^\/])/','$1/$2',$requestURL);
if($requestTitle != ''){
	$requestID = $db->get_var("SELECT link_id FROM " . table_links . " WHERE `link_title_url` = '" . $db->escape($requestTitle) . "';");
}

if($requestURL != ''){
	$requestID = $db->get_var("SELECT link_id FROM " . table_links . " WHERE `link_url` = '" . $db->escape($requestURL) . "';");
}
if($requestUser != ''){
	$requestuser = $db->get_var("SELECT link_id FROM " . table_users . " WHERE `user_id` = '" . $db->escape($requestuser) . "';");
}


if(is_numeric($requestID)) {
	$id = $requestID;
	$link = new Link;
	$link->id=$requestID;
	$link->read();
	$user_id = $requestUser;

Please point us in the Right Direction

**Pricerank** · 06-10-2010, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by parati

Hello everyone

We are trying to capture the logged in User id, when they click on the Link,

We are using the out.php, and need some help in understanding how we can do the following

The shared link is for example : http://www.thiswebsite.php/getdetails.php&subid=0&u1={$user-id}

We will manually place the required {user-id} portion in the Link, but this test must be replaced with the actual logged in users id, or user name when the link in clicked

We have tried it with and with the out.php on and as well as multiple expressions of {$user} {$user_logged_in}...etc.

what would be the best case senario is using the out.php to pull and place the user id in the outgoing link.

We tried to modify the out.php but we are way past our limits, here is a portion of the out.php, the red portions are our attempts to have the out.php pull the user id and place it in the link

Code:

include('config.php');
include(mnminclude.'html1.php');
include(mnminclude.'link.php');

$requestID = sanitize($_REQUEST['id'], 3);
$requestUser = sanitize($_REQUEST['user_id'], 3);
$requestTitle = sanitize($_REQUEST['title'], 3);
$requestURL = sanitize($_REQUEST['url'], 3);
$requestTitle = sanitize($requestTitle,4);
$requestURL = sanitize($requestURL,4);
$requestURL = preg_replace('/(https?:\/)([^\/])/','$1/$2',$requestURL);
if($requestTitle != ''){
	$requestID = $db->get_var("SELECT link_id FROM " . table_links . " WHERE `link_title_url` = '" . $db->escape($requestTitle) . "';");
}

if($requestURL != ''){
	$requestID = $db->get_var("SELECT link_id FROM " . table_links . " WHERE `link_url` = '" . $db->escape($requestURL) . "';");
}
if($requestUser != ''){
	$requestuser = $db->get_var("SELECT link_id FROM " . table_users . " WHERE `user_id` = '" . $db->escape($requestuser) . "';");
}


if(is_numeric($requestID)) {
	$id = $requestID;
	$link = new Link;
	$link->id=$requestID;
	$link->read();
	$user_id = $requestUser;

Please point us in the Right Direction

We need the feature for our rewards program we are implementing. if I could help with the code I would but i have tried the same and i cannot get it to work!!!..

Maybe the experts here can help, i know that this ability will open the way for new modules

**ChuckRoast** · 06-10-2010, 03:18 PM

Do you mean link this?
Check out the status bar in the screenshot.

**parati** · 06-10-2010, 03:34 PM

I see where the user id is attached to the out.php.

What we have to make sure to reach what we are looking for is that the User id is passed to the actual out going link.

So as you have show

http://www.pligg.com/out.php?id=8?userid=testuser

Would translate to the acutal outgoing link as example

http://www.sitelink.com/fs-bin/stat?...=3&subid=0&u1=testuser

The link would have been entered in the system as example
http://www.sitelink.com/fs-bin/stat?...=3&subid=0&u1={$user_id}

obviously you would want to be able to move the user id {$user_id}request to anywhere in the link itself, and have it replaced by the userid on the out click

I hope this explains what we are trying to accomplish. I am her now if you want to ask another question for clarification/

PS I also see that your url was not search engine friendly, we would prefer to keep the code search engine friendly if possible

**Pricerank** · 06-11-2010, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by chuckroast

Do you mean link this?
Check out the status bar in the screenshot.

I see where we can add the Code to the out.php file which ads the user it to the out php link,

But i do not know how this if possible translates to the actual destination url

It doesn't need to be caputured by our software, this is to be used by the destination urls to report user usage to us

We use this to identify sub affilaites throught there user id on our site

**parati** · 06-11-2010, 08:22 AM

I slept on it all night, and I still cannot figure out how to get the user is to the outgoing link.

Our entire site is waiting for this last piece of functionality, before we can launch...

Please help...I am lost

**parati** · 06-11-2010, 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by chuckroast

Do you mean link this?
Check out the status bar in the screenshot.

@chuckroast

How did you get the user id in the out.php link? I looked in the link.php file where I assume it would be changed from but I cannot find what changes to make.

Also as i asked before would this then translate to the actual outgoing link, That is where the importance is.

We must be able to insert the user id in the actual outgoing link, we could as stated prompt this by putting {$user_id} in the actual link, which we have done so but when you click on the actual outgoing link this is what you would see

User TEST

http://www.XXXXXX.com/index.php&ul={$user_id}

when is the user logged in is test the link should be

http://www.XXXXXX.com/index.php&ul=test

Obviously it is not pulling the user id with the {$user_id} request in the actual link

**ChuckRoast** · 06-11-2010, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by parati

@chuckroast

How did you get the user id in the out.php link? I looked in the link.php file where I assume it would be changed from but I cannot find what changes to make.

Also as i asked before would this then translate to the actual outgoing link, That is where the importance is.

We must be able to insert the user id in the actual outgoing link, we could as stated prompt this by putting {$user_id} in the actual link, which we have done so but when you click on the actual outgoing link this is what you would see

User TEST

http://www.XXXXXX.com/index.php&ul={$user_id}

when is the user logged in is test the link should be

xxxxxx.com

Obviously it is not pulling the user id with the {$user_id} request in the actual link

The way I did it was to edit link_summary.tpl

Find

Code:

                {if $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else}
                    <a href="{$story_url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}
             {else}
                {if $pagename eq "story" && $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else} 
                  <a href="{$story_url}">{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}

Change To

Code:

                             {if $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}{if $user_logged_in}&ul={$user_logged_in}{/if}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else}
                    <a href="{$story_url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}
             {else}
                {if $pagename eq "story" && $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}{if $user_logged_in}&ul={$user_logged_in}{/if}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else} 
                  <a href="{$story_url}">{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}

This will append the outgoing link to include &ul=USERNAME

Hope that helps.

**parati** · 06-11-2010, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by chuckroast

The way I did it was to edit link_summary.tpl

Find

Code:

                {if $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else}
                    <a href="{$story_url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}
             {else}
                {if $pagename eq "story" && $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else} 
                  <a href="{$story_url}">{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}

Change To

Code:

                             {if $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}{if $user_logged_in}&ul={$user_logged_in}{/if}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else}
                    <a href="{$story_url}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}
             {else}
                {if $pagename eq "story" && $url_short neq "http://" && $url_short neq "://"}
                    <a href="{$url}{if $user_logged_in}&ul={$user_logged_in}{/if}" {if $open_in_new_window eq true} target="_blank"{/if} {if $story_status neq "published"}rel="nofollow"{/if}>{$title_short}</a>
                {else} 
                  <a href="{$story_url}">{$title_short}</a>
                {/if}

This will append the outgoing link to include &ul=USERNAME

Hope that helps.

Ok i made those changes and the result is what you describe, however our issue is the reference for the user_id is in different spots depending on the link, and it is not always at the end of the link,

Example: http://[CLICK DOMAIN]/click-596513-10338?SID=ShopperID_Value

The SID is where the User-id would be placed

the entered link would be
http://[CLICK DOMAIN]/click-596513-10338?SID=($user_id}

Another type would be
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=/FYI6fQ9PWs&offerid=7097.10000015&type=3&subid=0&u1 =($user_id}

Would we then have to duplicate this for each type of link?
also does this then translate to the actual outgoing link

**parati** · 06-11-2010, 10:12 AM

@chuckroast

Here is another example:
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/...10&tmpid=2405&u1={$user_id}&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tigerdirect.com%2Fappli cations%2Fsearchtools%2Fitem-Details.asp%3FEdpNo%3D6052517

You see in this example the user id call is not at the end

the best case senario is fo rus to be able to put a call sign in the Link i.e {user_id} and that be replaced with the user id of the logged in user