28, Jul 2023

MONITOR MEMORY USAGE WITH PHP LANGUAGE

Palzin Track Php Use Cases

Monitor memory usage in your PHP application

In the realm of Php applications, a recurring challenge we encounter relates to memory leaks and overall memory utilization. This issue assumes particular significance when developing applications destined for deployment in the cloud, whether as serverless functions, containers, or virtual machines. In such scenarios, excessive memory consumption can disrupt application performance, potentially leading to crashes and increased operational costs.

To mitigate these concerns, it is imperative to monitor the memory usage of our Php applications and implement a robust tracking system with predefined thresholds. This proactive approach ensures ongoing performance awareness. For instance, if memory usage exceeds a predetermined threshold, such as 80 percent, immediate corrective actions can be taken to preempt more significant issues.

To address this, we introduce Palzin Track, a potent event tracking tool seamlessly compatible with Php. With Palzin Track, you gain the capability to monitor various application events in real-time, including real-time tracking of memory usage. Moreover, you can configure notification rules to promptly alert your team and yourself when memory usage surpasses specified thresholds via push notifications. This vigilance ensures that you maintain a constant pulse on your application's performance, facilitating swift responses 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

You can use the following code snippets to track memory usage in your PHP application. 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":"High Memory Usage","description":"Memory usage has exceeded the threshold.","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": "High Memory Usage",  


 "description": "Memory usage has exceeded the threshold.",  


 "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":"High Memory Usage","description":"Memory usage has exceeded the threshold.","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":"High Memory Usage","description":"Memory usage has exceeded the threshold.","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 and flexible event tracking tool that works surprisingly well with PHP applications. It provides powerful features such as real-time event tracking, cross-platform push notifications, user and product journeys, charts and analytics, and more.

Connect Palzin Track to your PHP application in minutes and start tracking events in real-time. Palzin Track provides a generous free plan to get you started with event tracking. You can also check out our pricing page to see our paid plans. 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 logins in your PHP application
  7. Monitor failed payments for 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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