Subjects

The Subject object lets you send any additional information about your application’s environment, current user etc to Snowplow.

To create a new subject:

$subject = new Subject();
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By default the subject has one piece information in it already, the platform [“p” => “srv”].

The Subject class contains a variety of ‘set’ methods to attach extra data to your event.

• setPlatform
• setUserId
• setScreenRes
• setViewport
• setColorDepth
• setTimezone
• setLanguage
• setIpAddress
• setUseragent
• setNetworkUserId
• setDomainUserId

These set methods can be called either directly onto a subject object:

$subject = new Subject();
$subject->setPlatform("tv");
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Or they can be called through the tracker object:

$tracker->returnSubject()->setPlatform("tv");
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setPlatform

The default platform is “srv”. You can change the platform of the subject by calling:

$subject->setPlatform($platform);
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For example:

$subject->setPlatform("tv") # Running on a Connected TV
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For a full list of supported platforms, please see the Snowplow Tracker Protocol.

setUserId

You can set the user ID to any string:

$subject->setUserId($id);
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Example:

$subject->setUserId("jbeem");
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setScreenResolution

If your PHP code has access to the device’s screen resolution, then you can pass this in to Snowplow too:

$subject->setScreenResolution($width, $height);
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Both numbers should be positive integers; note the order is width followed by height. Example:

$subject->setScreenResolution(1366, 768);
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setViewport

If your PHP code has access to the viewport dimensions, then you can pass this in to Snowplow too:

$subject->setViewport($width, $height);
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Both numbers should be positive integers; note the order is width followed by height. Example:

$subject->setViewport(300, 200);
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setColorDepth

If your PHP code has access to the bit depth of the device’s color palette for displaying images, then you can pass this in to Snowplow too:

$subject->setColorDepth($depth);
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The number should be a positive integer, in bits per pixel. Example:

$subject->setColorDepth(32);
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setTimezone

This method lets you pass a user’s timezone in to Snowplow:

$subject->setTimezone($timezone);
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The timezone should be a string:

$subject->setTimezone("Europe/London");
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setLanguage

This method lets you pass a user’s language in to Snowplow:

$subject->setLanguage($language);
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The language should be a string:

$subject->setLanguage('en');
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setIpAddress

This method lets you pass a user’s IP Address in to Snowplow:

$subject->setIpAddress($ip);
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The IP Address should be a string:

$subject->setIpAddress('127.0.0.1');
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setUseragent

This method lets you pass a useragent in to Snowplow:

$subject->setUseragent($useragent);
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The useragent should be a string:

$subject->setUseragent('Agent Smith');
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setNetworkUserId

This method lets you pass a Network User ID in to Snowplow:

$subject->setNetworkUserId($networkUserId);
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The network user id should be a string:

$subject->setNetworkUserId("network-id");
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setDomainUserId

This method lets you pass a Domain User ID in to Snowplow:

$subject->setDomainUserId($domainUserId);
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The domain user id should be a string:

$subject->setDomainUserId("domain-id");
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