Get real-time context into your PHP applications

New Relic’s PHP monitoring integration provides instant visibility into changes in PHP key performance indicators. Pinpoint anomalies and bottlenecks, and quickly identify the root causes of performance problems. Whether you’re tracking a sudden spike in error rates or diagnosing a slow-performing database query, New Relic’s PHP monitoring dashboard guides you straight to the source of the issue.

Interactive dashboards for enhanced performance monitoring

Instantly visualize your PHP performance metrics
Get alerts on spikes in error rates and duration
Customize your PHP metric visualizations using SQL
Gain insight into the root causes of PHP performance issues

Quickstart
Integration Features

dashboards

PHP quickstart contains 1 dashboard. These interactive visualizations let you easily explore your data, understand context, and resolve problems faster.

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How to use
PHP quickstart integration

Step 1

Instrument your app

To start monitoring your PHP app, install the New Relic PHP agent. No matter where your app or service is deployed, follow the installation path of your choice. Supported methods include CLI, tar archive, package manager, Docker, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.

Maximize insight into your system by utilizing the guided install, which auto-discovers your environment and assists with a recommended setup.

Step 2

Explore the monitoring dashboard

After instrumentation, you’ll gain access to a pre-built interactive dashboard. This dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of transactions, errors, and virtual machines, along with related metrics for infrastructure, databases, real-user monitoring, and errors. Use this to track, debug, and troubleshoot your application faster.

Step 3

Get deeper insights with our APM tool

Enhance your observability with a unified view of telemetry across your development and application stack. New Relic APM 360 allows you to gain insights from a systems-wide view to detailed service-request tracing. With integrated infrastructure, logs, alerts, SLOs, and vulnerability monitoring, resolve issues before your users experience them.

Get started
monitoring PHP & resolving issues

PHP Monitoring is essential to gain real-time visibility into your application’s performance. Download New Relic’s PHP quickstart to proactively instrument and start monitoring your applications today. Begin by ingesting your first 100GB of telemetry data free of charge.

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FAQs

What is PHP?

PHP is a scripting language widely used for web development to create dynamic and interactive web pages or applications.

What applications are PHP best used for?

PHP is ideal for creating server-side applications, content management systems (like WordPress), e-commerce platforms, and APIs.

How do you optimize your PHP application?

To optimize a PHP application, monitor key metrics such as error rates, error duration, and throughput. Use tools like New Relic to gain insights into performance bottlenecks and take corrective actions swiftly.

What metrics should I track for my PHP application performance?

Key metrics include error rates, error duration, and throughput. Monitoring these will help ensure the reliability, scalability, and overall performance of your PHP application.

What is New Relic?

New Relic is an intelligent observability platform that unifies metrics, logs, events, and traces to provide real-time insights across your technology stack, enabling you to maintain software performance and reliability effectively.

How much does it cost to use the PHP application performance monitoring dashboard in New Relic?

New Relic offers a free tier that includes 100GB of telemetry data ingestion per month. Pricing beyond the free tier is usage-based and provides transparency, ensuring you only pay for what you use.

Do I need a credit card to get started?

No, you don’t need a credit card to get started with the PHP performance monitoring dashboard on New Relic. Sign up and start monitoring with zero upfront financial commitment.

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