Size.IO PHP API

The Size.IO PHP API is a library which allows easy integration of the Size.IO platform into any PHP application. It can leverage a local size-io/size-proxy proxy server or connect directly to the cloud platform.

Supplemental Platform API documentation and code samples are available at http://size.io/developer

Pre-requisites

Depending on how you want to publish events to the platform, you may need to install an additional PHP modules. It is recommended that you install size-io/size-proxy if possible: this will provided the fastest and most efficient level of throughput.

Using size-io/size-proxy:

• UDP client interface: no additional modules
• TCP client interface: no additional modules
• Redis client interface: nicolasff/phpredis needs to be installed

Direct access to the platform (no proxy) requires Curl

Using the PHP API

UDP Proxy Event Publishing

Using the UDP interface to a running size-io/size-proxy is definitely the fastest and cheapest way to publish events to the platform. These have essentially zero performance impact.

Instantiate the object like so:

require_once('size.php');
$size = SizeClient::getInstance();
$size->setProxyAPI('udp', '127.0.0.1', 6125);

Then at the relevant locations in your software, publish individual events like so:

$size->publishEvent('my.event', 1);  // will accept any integer

TCP Proxy Event Publishing

Using the TCP interface to a running size-io/size-proxy is still pretty fast and has the added benefit of complaining if for some reason it cannot connect to the proxy server. On a LAN or local machine it will have essentially no measurable impact on performance.

Instantiate the object like so:

require_once('size.php');
$size = SizeClient::getInstance();
$size->setProxyAPI('tcp', '127.0.0.1', 6120);

Then at the relevant locations in your software, publish individual events like so:

$size->publishEvent('my.event', 1);  // will accept any integer

Redis Proxy Event Publishing

Using the Redis interface to a running size-io/size-proxy is basically supplied for API completeness. For publishing events, it has no advantages over the TCP Proxy Interface noted above.It is, however, well suited for subscribing to events. It requires nicolasff/phpredis to be installed. On a LAN or local machine, it is fast and will complain if it cannot connect to the proxy server.

Instantiate the object like so:

require_once('size.php');
$size = SizeClient::getInstance();
$size->setProxyAPI('redis', '127.0.0.1', 6379);

Then at the relevant locations in your software, publish individual events like so:

$size->publishEvent('my.event', 1);  // will accept any integer

Direct Access to the Platform

If you operate in an environment where you cannot install a local size-io/size-proxy, you can publish events to the platform directly by consuming the RESTful Event Publisher API. This requires that Curl be installed. Simply set the proxy settings to null and publish the event like normal. Depending on ambient Internet conditions, this may have a measurable impact on performance, though no more so than any other RESTful API out there.

Instantiate the object like so:

require_once('size.php');
$size = SizeClient::getInstance();
$size->setProxyAPI(null);

Then at the relevant locations in your software, publish individual events like so:

$size->publishEvent('my.event', 1);  // will accept any integer