TRACK CRON JOBS WITH PHP LANGUAGE

Track your PHP cron jobs

![Track your PHP cron jobs]

When setting up cron jobs in Php, it is usually crucial to keep track of their execution and whether they have been executed successfully or not. Sometimes, a minor failure in a cronjob can cause your Php application to stop working correctly. Palzin Track makes it easy to track your cron jobs and their execution status all in real-time, and it works seamlessly with your Php code.

Connect Palzin Track to PHP

Setting up your account

Setting up Palzin Track with PHP is very simple!

1. Create a free Palzin Track account.
2. Create a new project on your dashboard.
3. Copy your API token from the settings page.

PHP code snippets

Once your Palzin Track account is set up, you can use the following code snippets to track your cron jobs. Just replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN with your Palzin Track API token and update your project name.

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":"cronjobs","event":"Cronjob Started","description":"job: email-notifications","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": "cronjobs",  


 "event": "Cronjob Started",  


 "description": "job: email-notifications",  


 "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":"cronjobs","event":"Cronjob Started","description":"job: email-notifications","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":"cronjobs","event":"Cronjob Started","description":"job: email-notifications","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 an easy-to-use event tracking tool that allows you to track any event within your PHP application. One of the most common use cases for Palzin Track is tracking cron jobs as they are being executed. With Palzin Track, you can receive real-time push notifications on your desktop and mobile devices whenever a new cronjob is executed. In addition, you can create simple charts and filter through your data to help you better understand how your PHP application is performing.

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 memory usage in your PHP application
9. Monitor MySQL downtime in your PHP application
10. Monitor when a new feature is used in your PHP application
11. Monitor your Postgres downtime in your PHP application
12. Monitor Redis downtime in your PHP application
13. Monitor suspicious activity in your PHP application
14. Monitor when a user exceeds the usage limit for your PHP service
15. Monitor when a user is being rate limited in your PHP application
16. Get a notification when your PHP code is done executing
17. Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PHP
18. Track canceled subscriptions in your PHP application
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