@sgiehl
Description:
This PR provides the possibility to configure a list of host excluded from referrer detection.
The list can be maintained globally, as well as enriched per site.
Referrer on that exclusion list will be ignored on PHP side and such hits will be handled as DIRECT entry.
In addition it will be possible to define ignored referrers within the javascript tracker, so they are ignored for setting the referrer cookies and also not sent with tracking requests.
refs #18612
Review
- [ ] Functional review done
- [ ] Potential edge cases thought about (behavior of the code with strange input, with strange internal state or possible interactions with other Matomo subsystems)
- [ ] Usability review done (is anything maybe unclear or think about anything that would cause people to reach out to support)
- [ ] Security review done
- [ ] Wording review done
- [ ] Code review done
- [ ] Tests were added if useful/possible
- [ ] Reviewed for breaking changes
- [ ] Developer changelog updated if needed
- [ ] Documentation added if needed
- [ ] Existing documentation updated if needed
@mattab
@sgiehl I haven't reviewed yet, but based on your comment in the other issue, can we add paypal.com to the "global" list of excluded referrers so that users don't have to configure it and it just works for people out of the box?
I'm not able to say if there might be reasons for someone to not having it excluded, but yes, I can let it be added to the list once on update or install.
@bx80 I've created a PR for the developer docs, so the new methods will be documented. Feel free to review and merge that one.
In addition I've updated the FAQ: https://matomo.org/faq/how-to/how-do-i-add-a-referral-exclusion-in-matomo/