How can I use GA tracking to count my affiliate link php redirects??

[Nirav Dave]

Actually I want to know how to use GA tracking code to count how many times my affiliate links have been clicked...

I ma using wordpress site and php redirection...
my php redirection code is,

PHP Code:

 <?php
header( 'Location: [url]http://myaffiliatelink.com');[/url]
?>

As we know analytics code would be,

 <script type=”text/javascript”>
<--- code --->
</script>

If I place code before the php redirects, it gives an error like... " Cannot modify header information"
If I will put it after the redirection, tracking code will not be triggered....

I have search the web but as I am not any programmer, I can't get all those things because they are not giving clear points ans samples...
And to trigger the tracking, I need to give delay to redirect according to some articles....

Now what exactly I need to put in my php file ???
What exactly I need to put on links ?? (means simple html link or any javascript function)
If you suggest me javascript function or codes then please give me sample because I am not good with codes and programs...

Thank you vary much your help would be highly appreciated...
Nirav Dave

[Rukbat]

The PHP code is being executed on the server, before the Javascript gets sent to the browser. It can't work your way, no matter which order you put the lines in. The PHP still gets executed first and the rest of the HTML sent to the browser comes from http://www.myaffiliatelink.com/.

As far as the header problem, as soon as a PHP file sends anything to the browser, even a blank line, headers have been sent. (That's one of the nice things and one of the bad things about PHP - you don't have to write the headers, but you're not aware that they're being sent.) That includes your Javascript code. You need the script executed in the browser, then the redirect done by the browser. (A PHP redirect is done by the server.)

Have you tried the GA script, then a Javascript redirect, all within the <script></script> tags?