Hello folks! I am having a very strange issue with Rudderstack-PHP --> GA4 integration. The events seem not to be accepted to GA4 (does not show up in Realtime report) and are stored in the Rudderstack buffer (rt_jobs_1 Postgres table). An event with identical payload and authentication details that I try sending through the GA hit builder (https://ga-dev-tools.google/ga4/event-builder/) reaches GA4 successfully. Any ideas on what may be wrong?

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can you please share a sample transformed payload you are sending to GA4 via rudderstack?

sure, it's: {"body": {"XML": {}, "FORM": {}, "JSON": {"events": [{"name": "first_payment_added", "params": {"amount": 1210, "currency": "EUR"}}], "user_id": 0, "client_id": "11ea8cbf-4efd-4f5b-a89b-a24a70d53851", "timestamp_micros": 1685087468000000}, "JSON_ARRAY": {}}, "type": "REST", "files": {}, "method": "POST", "params": {"api_secret": "FRv2ja4BQwS3AmEBkYv6DA", "measurement_id": "G-LFLJLSCC73"}, "userId": "", "headers": {"HOST": "www.google-analytics.com", "Content-Type": "application/json"}, "version": "1", "endpoint": "https://www.google-analytics.com/debug/mp/collect"}

yes, it is the answer

I've removed the toggle, but the Rudderstack-PHP sent events are still not coming to GA4. The PHP library generates such request to Rudderstack: curl -u '2PrzK8PqaICT5xHVJbpchklHUQT': -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"batch":[{"userId":111,"event":"promo_added_fork_curl","properties":{"amount":11,"currency":"EUR"},"context":{"library":{"name":"rudder-analytics-php","version":"2.0.1","consumer":"ForkCurl"}},"timestamp":"2023-05-26T135534+03:00","messageId":"9d250aa7-9a29-4164-8977-3123b8f31a1f","channel":"server","type":"track"}],"sentAt":"2023-05-26T135534+03:00"}' 'https://ra.cherryservers.com/v1/batch' -H 'User-Agent: rudder-analytics-php/2.0.1' > /dev/null 2>&1 & While I can see such payload stored on Rudderstack's postgres buffer (I suppose the eventual payload is taken from this table row): 974 | 1yAyUsxsk8YBjMsAoktxHIzax9J | 995e35c1-a393-4d30-bb2d-4da7c52b0b15 | <<>>111 | {"record_id": null, "source_id": "2PrzK8wU7mLHp1ClQ0DI0kWD3pe", "event_name": "promo_added_fork_curl", "event_type": "track", "message_id": "f9f56af4-9f77-4365-8a0d-18b52f1d2ecf", "received_at": "2023-05-26T103931.402Z", "workspaceId": "1yAyUsxsk8YBjMsAoktxHIzax9J", "transform_at": "processor", "source_job_id": "", "destination_id": "2HtzrNuX8ORn0Ov5jVUVAD8bYyH", "gateway_job_id": 473871, "source_task_id": "", "source_batch_id": "", "source_category": "", "source_job_run_id": "", "source_task_run_id": "", "source_definition_id": "1k7JZrvZQ7OPBAnHzogYIpansx2", "destination_definition_id": ""} | GA4 | {"body": {"XML": {}, "FORM": {}, "JSON": {"events": [{"name": "promo_added_fork_curl", "params": {"amount": 11, "currency": "EUR"}}], "user_id": 111, "client_id": "f9f56af4-9f77-4365-8a0d-18b52f1d2ecf", "timestamp_micros": 1685097575000000}, "JSON_ARRAY": {}}, "type": "REST", "files": {}, "method": "POST", "params": {"api_secret": "FRv2ja4BQwS3AmEBkYv6DA", "measurement_id": "G-LFLJLSCC73"}, "userId": "", "headers": {"HOST": "www.google-analytics.com", "Content-Type": "application/json"}, "version": "1", "endpoint": "https://www.google-analytics.com/mp/collect"} | 1 | 2023-05-26 103935.55362 | 2023-05-26 103935.55362

why are you using batch endpoint?

I cannot find an option how to change the endpoint when using rudder-php library. I guess it's the defualt endpoint. Any ideas?

can you change

<https://ra.cherryservers.com/v1/batch>

to

<https://ra.cherryservers.com/v1/track>

Where should I set it when using the PHP library? Is it during the SDK initialization?

Rudder::track(array(
  "userId" => "f4ca124298",
  "event" => "Article Bookmarked",
  "properties" => array(
    "title" => "Snow Fall",
    "subtitle" => "The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek",
    "author" => "John Branch"
  )
));

are you following this syntex to fire events

It seems so: \Rudder\Rudder::track( [ 'userId' => $clientId, 'event' => 'first_payment_added', 'properties' => [ 'amount' => $amount, 'currency' => $currency ] ] );

can you remove array and try it

The result is still the same. The SDK does not act differently.

let me ask my fellow engineers, will update you soon

Thanks, converting userId into a string has helped!