05, Jun 2023

MONITOR DB OUTAGES WITH PHP LANGUAGE

Palzin Track Php Use Cases

Monitor when database goes down in your PHP application

In the context of Php applications, data persistence is a fundamental requirement. While simple data storage options like JSON, CSV, or plain text files suffice in some scenarios, more complex applications often demand a robust solution capable of managing vast datasets, handling numerous requests, and executing intricate queries.

This is where databases come into play, offering a structured approach to data storage and retrieval. Databases empower applications to perform complex queries and scale efficiently. However, delving into databases can be a challenging endeavor, involving intricate setup and maintenance.

One prevalent challenge associated with databases is the possibility of downtime, which can result from various factors. When a database becomes unavailable, it adversely impacts the functionality of your Php application, hindering data retrieval and storage.

To mitigate such issues, it is crucial to establish a monitoring system for your database's activity. Proactive monitoring ensures that anomalies are promptly detected and brings them to your attention, allowing for immediate action to rectify problems before they escalate.

Fortunately, Palzin Track is an ideal solution for addressing this concern, simplifying the process of tracking events within your Php application and monitoring database outages. With Palzin Track, real-time monitoring of database outages is made effortless, and it provides the capability to notify both you and your entire team whenever issues arise.

Connect Palzin Track to PHP


Setting up Palzin Track

  1. Sign up for a free Palzin Track account.
  2. Create your first project from the dashboard.
  3. Head to settings and copy your API token.

PHP code snippets

Use the following code snippet to track your database outages with Palzin Track. Please don't forget to replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your API token and update the project and channel names.

Using PHP with cURL

<?php


$curl = curl_init();  


curl_setopt_array($curl, array(  


 CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.palzin.live/v1/log',  


 CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,  


 CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',  


 CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,  


 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,  


 CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,  


 CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,  


 CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',  


 CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>'{"project":"my-project","channel":"status","event":"Database is Down","description":"PostgresSQL is down in Oregon","icon":"🚨","notify":true}',  


 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(  
 'Content-Type: application/json',  
 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'  
 ),  
));  


$response = curl_exec($curl);  


curl_close($curl);  


echo $response;

Using PHP with Guzzle

<?php


$client = new Client();  


$headers = \[  


 'Content-Type' => 'application/json',  


 'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'  


\];  


$body = '{  


 "project": "my-project",  


 "channel": "status",  


 "event": "Database is Down",  


 "description": "PostgresSQL is down in Oregon",  


 "icon": "🚨",  


 "notify": true  


}';  


$request = new Request('POST', 'https://api.palzin.live/v1/log', $headers, $body);  


$res = $client->sendAsync($request)->wait();  


echo $res->getBody();

Using PHP with HTTP_Request2

<?php


require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';  


$request = new HTTP_Request2();  


$request->setUrl('https://api.palzin.live/v1/log');  


$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);  


$request->setConfig(array(  


 'follow_redirects' => TRUE  


));  


$request->setHeader(array(  


 'Content-Type' => 'application/json',  


 'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'  


));  


$request->setBody('{"project":"my-project","channel":"status","event":"Database is Down","description":"PostgresSQL is down in Oregon","icon":"🚨","notify":true}');  


try {  


 $response = $request->send();  


 if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {  


 echo $response->getBody();  


 }  


 else {  


 echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .  


 $response->getReasonPhrase();  


 }  


}  


catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {  


 echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();  


}

Using PHP with pecl_http

<?php


$client = new http\Client;  


$request = new http\Client\Request;  


$request->setRequestUrl('https://api.palzin.live/v1/log');  


$request->setRequestMethod('POST');  


$body = new http\Message\Body;  


$body->append('{"project":"my-project","channel":"status","event":"Database is Down","description":"PostgresSQL is down in Oregon","icon":"🚨","notify":true}');  


$request->setBody($body);  


$request->setOptions(array());  


$request->setHeaders(array(  


 'Content-Type' => 'application/json',  


 'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'  


));  


$client->enqueue($request)->send();  


$response = $client->getResponse();  


echo $response->getBody();

PHP integration details

Palzin Track is a powerful real-time event tracking tool that works seamlessly with PHP applications. It provides a number of features such as real-time event tracking, cross-platform push notifications, event filtering, user and product journeys, charts and analytics, and much more.

By being a use-case agnostic event tracking tool, Palzin Track allows you to track any event in your PHP applications in any way you want. You can track your database outages, system status, and even user activity in real-time.

Other use-cases for Palzin Track

  1. Monitor your CI/CD build status for your PHP application
  2. Monitor your CPU usage in your PHP application
  3. Monitor high disk usage in your PHP application
  4. Monitor when a user changes their email address in your PHP application
  5. Monitor failed logins in your PHP application
  6. Monitor failed payments for your PHP application
  7. Monitor memory usage in your PHP application
  8. Monitor MySQL downtime in your PHP application
  9. Monitor when a new feature is used in your PHP application
  10. Monitor your Postgres downtime in your PHP application
  11. Monitor Redis downtime in your PHP application
  12. Monitor suspicious activity in your PHP application
  13. Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your PHP service
  14. Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your PHP application
  15. Get a notification when your PHP code is done executing
  16. Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PHP
  17. Track canceled subscriptions in your PHP application
  18. Track your PHP cron jobs
  19. Track when a file is uploaded to your PHP application
  20. Track when a form is submitted to your PHP application
  21. Track payment events via PHP
  22. Track user sign in events in PHP
  23. Monitor user signup events via PHP
  24. Track waitlist signup events via PHP

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