MONITOR FAILED LOGINS WITH PHP LANGUAGE

Monitor failed logins in your PHP application

In most Php applications, user authentication is a fundamental requirement to control access, safeguard security, and prevent issues like API misuse. Authentication methods can vary, with common approaches including basic authentication, social logins (e.g., Google, Facebook), and more.

Irrespective of the chosen authentication method, dealing with failed login attempts is a frequent concern. Failures can result from incorrect credentials or other factors like login attempts by unauthorized users trying to breach the system. In such scenarios, it is essential to monitor and respond appropriately to failed login attempts. For instance, identifying users repeatedly struggling to log in may prompt us to offer assistance, while cases of brute-force attacks may require immediate actions such as IP address blocking, notifying the targeted user, and more.

Enter Palzin Track, our solution for effective monitoring and issue tracking. Palzin Track is a robust, real-time event tracking tool seamlessly integrated with Php. Setting up real-time event tracking for critical application aspects is made straightforward. Additionally, we offer advanced features for taking event tracking to the next level, including user journey creation, analytics, insights, and more.

Consider the example of handling failed logins. With Palzin Track, we can configure it to track failed login attempts and provide notifications when unusual activity is detected. This empowers us to maintain a constant vigilance over our application's security and take prompt action when necessary.

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

To track failed logins, you can use the following code snippet Please ensure to replace 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":"Failed Login Attempt","description":"Detected 3 failed login attempts in the last 5 minutes","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": "Failed Login Attempt",  


 "description": "Detected 3 failed login attempts in the last 5 minutes",  


 "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":"Failed Login Attempt","description":"Detected 3 failed login attempts in the last 5 minutes","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":"Failed Login Attempt","description":"Detected 3 failed login attempts in the last 5 minutes","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

We believe that event tracking should be simple and accessible to every developer and team. Therefore, we have worked hard to create the next generation of event-tracking tools. As a result, Palzin Track is flexible and easy to use, making it a great companion for your PHP applications.

We would love to see you use Palzin Track to track every aspect of your PHP application. So please give us a try and let us know what you think!

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 when database goes down in your PHP application
4. Monitor high disk usage in your PHP application
5. Monitor when a user changes their email address 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