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I would like to receive instructions on how to not echo Google Analytics JS when user browser send header "DNT".

I would like to know if:

  1. Would i have to make an extension on the GA block class to get the $_SERVER to check whether it should return null or the JS code
  2. Would there be any way to do that on XML
  3. Should i do it on the "display" (i mean the design/template)

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1) Would i have to make an extension on the GA block class to get the $_SERVER to check whether it should return null or the JS code

Yes I think you need to add your own code. A way to detect the DNT header can be found from Robert Lerner

2) Would there be any way to do that on XML

I think no. What you could do is implement a helper and depending on the return value of the helper do something. So you could add a DNT-value to the block, you can check in the template and then do nothing

3) Should i do it on the "display" (i mean the design/template)

No, I would implement everything in your own block, check the DNT there and then just call the method in your template to do something - or not.

I think this is business logic and therefore it belongs in a model, controller, helper or block, but definitely not in a template.

I prefer the block over the helper.

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