Refs #3490 Adding segment 'userId==' + some '&segment=userId==' integration tests + doc blocks

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/Common.php b/core/Common.php
index ecfefabcec..5d5c35c764 100644
--- a/core/Common.php
+++ b/core/Common.php
@@ -575,6 +575,18 @@ class Common
     }
 
     /**
+     * Converts a User ID string to the Visitor ID Binary representation.
+     *
+     * @param $userId
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function convertUserIdToVisitorIdBin($userId)
+    {
+        $userIdHashed = \PiwikTracker::getUserIdHashed($userId);
+        return self::convertVisitorIdToBin($userIdHashed);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Convert IP address (in network address format) to presentation format.
      * This is a backward compatibility function for code that only expects
      * IPv4 addresses (i.e., doesn't support IPv6).