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Below are two functions I've been using to make event tracking a little easier in CodeIgniter.

Two functions are available, google_analytics() & track_event().

google_analytics() takes one argument and uses it as the UA code for your tracking profile. track_event has two required parameters, $category and $event. The other two items are optional and won't be inserted unless specified.

Usage is pretty straight-forward:


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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. 	#
  4. 	#	Google Analytics Code
  5. 	#				
  6.  
  7. 		if ( ! function_exists('google_analytics'))
  8. 		{
  9. 			function google_analytics($account)
  10. 			{
  11. 				$code  = "<script src='http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'>";
  12. 				$code .= '<script type="text/javascript">';
  13. 				$code .= ' try{ ';
  14. 				$code .= ' var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("'.$account.'"); ';
  15. 				$code .= ' pageTracker._trackPageview(); ';
  16. 				$code .= ' } catch(err) {} ';
  17. 				$code .= '</script>';
  18.  
  19. 				return $code;
  20. 			}
  21. 		}
  22.  
  23. 	#
  24. 	#	Event Tracking
  25. 	#				
  26.  
  27. 		if ( ! function_exists('track_event'))
  28. 		{
  29. 			function track_event($category, $action, $label = '', $value = '')
  30. 			{
  31. 				$code  = 'pageTracker._trackEvent(';
  32. 				$code .= "category = '$category' ";
  33. 				$code .= "action = '$action' ";
  34.  
  35. 				$code .= ( $label == '' ) ? '' : "label ='$label'";
  36. 				$code .= ( $value == '' ) ? '' : "value ='$value'";
  37.  
  38. 				$code .= ');';
  39.  
  40. 				return $code;
  41. 			}
  42. 		}

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