[Bug] double metric _paq.push(['trackSiteSearch', false, false])

[KevinTessier]

What happened?

Hello,

I integrated this for a search form that offers article suggestions.

but I noticed that the data is counted twice.

Here is the integration of the code in the head:

  <script>
    var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];
    /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */
    _paq.push(["setExcludedQueryParams", ["sp_con"]]);
    _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
    (function() {
      var u="mywebsite";
      _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'matomo.php']);
      _paq.push(['setSiteId', 'VarSiteID']);
      var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    g.async=true; g.src=u+'matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
    })();
  </script>

  <script>
    var _mtm = window._mtm = window._mtm || [];
    _mtm.push({'mtm.startTime': (new Date().getTime()), 'event': 'mtm.Start'});
    (function() {
      var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
      g.async=true; g.src='mywebsite/js/container_999999999.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
    })();
  </script>

and here my network :

I suppose it's because of the two scripts in my head but I seem to need both for the ex siteID config etc..

and the second for the container.

I'm lost, if anyone has an explanation.

Best.

What should happen?

I would like to receive my research data only once.

How can this be reproduced?

i don't know

Matomo version

5.0.2

PHP version

No response

Server operating system

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What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

No response

Computer operating system

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Relevant log output

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[michalkleiner]

Hi @KevinTessier, unfortunately we can't provide support within GitHub issues. We only handle bug reports and feature requests here.

At a quick glance, if you're including the JS tracking snippet as well as MTM snippet in your page head, you will get the tracking twice. If you need to use Matomo Tag Manager, the best bet would be to configure the tracking via MTM and remove the standard JS snippet from your page head.

As this is not a bug in Matomo core, I will close the issue now. For further questions on the topic you may try to post on our forums at https://forum.matomo.org/ or if you're a Matomo Cloud customer you may reach out to our support.

Thanks for your understanding.

[KevinTessier]

thank you for your reply, have a nice day.