08, Jul 2023

TRACK SIGN IN EVENTS WITH PHP LANGUAGE

Palzin Track Php Use Cases

Track user sign in events in PHP

Most of the time, when building a Php product that requires users to authenticate and sign in to access the product, you may decide that it is essential to track the sign-in attempts.

Monitoring the sign-in events is an excellent way to track the number of users who continue to log in and use your Php application. This is a great way to gauge the effectiveness of your product and measure your user retention rate.

A good understanding of this metric is critical to the success of a product. It can give you great insight into how your business grows and how your users interact with your Php product.

An easy way to set up event tracking is to use Palzin Track, a simple event tracking tool that works seamlessly with Php.

Connect Palzin Track to PHP


Start monitoring user sign-in events

  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

All you have to do next is to copy the following code snippets into your PHP code and replace the YOUR_API_TOKEN and project values with your API token and 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":"auth","event":"User Signed In","description":"email: [email protected]","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":"auth","event":"User Signed In","description":"email: [email protected]","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":"auth","event":"User Signed In","description":"email: [email protected]","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":"auth","event":"User Signed In","description":"email: [email protected]","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 versatile event tracking tool that isn't limited to specific use cases. It empowers you to monitor a wide range of events, whether it's tracking prelaunch waitlist signups or beta signups for a new feature or product. It works seamlessly with PHP and makes it easy to track almost anything in your PHP code.

Furthermore, Palzin Track allows you to generate charts and analytics based on your data. For instance, you have the flexibility to craft a chart illustrating the daily or monthly influx of waitlist signups for your product.

Additionally, you have the capability to establish funnels for monitoring the conversion rate from waitlist signups to paying customers, features usage in your application. Furthermore, you can generate user journeys to observe how users interact with your product once they gain access to it.

Palzin Track is accessible on both desktop and mobile platforms, offering the convenience of real-time notifications upon the addition of waitlist signups. You also have the flexibility to opt for push notifications for any other events you wish to track.

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 your PHP cron jobs
  20. Track when a file is uploaded to your PHP application
  21. Track when a form is submitted to your PHP application
  22. Track payment events via PHP
  23. Monitor user signup events via PHP
  24. Track waitlist signup events via PHP

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