# Amazon CloudWatch examples using the AWS SDK for PHP Version 3
<a name="cw-examples"></a>

Amazon CloudWatch (CloudWatch) is a web service that monitors your Amazon Web Services resources and the applications you run on AWS in real time. You can use CloudWatch to collect and track metrics, which are variables you can measure for your resources and applications. CloudWatch alarms send notifications or automatically make changes to the resources you are monitoring based on rules that you define.

All the example code for the AWS SDK for PHP is available [here on GitHub](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/php/example_code).

## Credentials
<a name="examplecredentials"></a>

Before running the example code, configure your AWS credentials, as described in [Authenticating with AWS using AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](credentials.md). Then import the AWS SDK for PHP, as described in [Installing the AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](getting-started_installation.md).

**Topics**
+ [Credentials](#examplecredentials)
+ [Working with Amazon CloudWatch alarms](cw-examples-work-with-alarms.md)
+ [Getting metrics from CloudWatch](cw-examples-getting-metrics.md)
+ [Publishing custom metrics in Amazon CloudWatch](cw-examples-publishing-custom-metrics.md)
+ [Sending events to Amazon CloudWatch events](cw-examples-sending-events.md)
+ [Using alarm actions with Amazon CloudWatch alarms](cw-examples-using-alarm-actions.md)

# Working with Amazon CloudWatch alarms with AWS SDK for PHP Version 3
<a name="cw-examples-work-with-alarms"></a>

An Amazon CloudWatch alarm watches a single metric over a time period you specify. It performs one or more actions based on the value of the metric relative to a given threshold over a number of time periods.

The following examples show how to:
+ Describe an alarm using [DescribeAlarms](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#describealarms).
+ Create an alarm using [PutMetricAlarm](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#putmetricalarm).
+ Delete an alarm using [DeleteAlarms](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#deletealarms).

All the example code for the AWS SDK for PHP is available [here on GitHub](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/php/example_code).

## Credentials
<a name="examplecredentials"></a>

Before running the example code, configure your AWS credentials, as described in [Authenticating with AWS using AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](credentials.md). Then import the AWS SDK for PHP, as described in [Installing the AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](getting-started_installation.md).

## Describe alarms
<a name="describe-alarms"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function describeAlarms($cloudWatchClient)
{
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->describeAlarms();

        $message = '';

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            $message .= 'Alarms at the effective URI of ' .
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] . "\n\n";

            if (isset($result['CompositeAlarms'])) {
                $message .= "Composite alarms:\n";

                foreach ($result['CompositeAlarms'] as $alarm) {
                    $message .= $alarm['AlarmName'] . "\n";
                }
            } else {
                $message .= "No composite alarms found.\n";
            }

            if (isset($result['MetricAlarms'])) {
                $message .= "Metric alarms:\n";

                foreach ($result['MetricAlarms'] as $alarm) {
                    $message .= $alarm['AlarmName'] . "\n";
                }
            } else {
                $message .= 'No metric alarms found.';
            }
        } else {
            $message .= 'No alarms found.';
        }

        return $message;
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function describeTheAlarms()
{
    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo describeAlarms($cloudWatchClient);
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// describeTheAlarms();
```

## Create an alarm
<a name="create-an-alarm"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function putMetricAlarm(
    $cloudWatchClient,
    $cloudWatchRegion,
    $alarmName,
    $namespace,
    $metricName,
    $dimensions,
    $statistic,
    $period,
    $comparison,
    $threshold,
    $evaluationPeriods
) {
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->putMetricAlarm([
            'AlarmName' => $alarmName,
            'Namespace' => $namespace,
            'MetricName' => $metricName,
            'Dimensions' => $dimensions,
            'Statistic' => $statistic,
            'Period' => $period,
            'ComparisonOperator' => $comparison,
            'Threshold' => $threshold,
            'EvaluationPeriods' => $evaluationPeriods
        ]);

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            if (
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] ==
                'https://monitoring.' . $cloudWatchRegion . '.amazonaws.com'
            ) {
                return 'Successfully created or updated specified alarm.';
            } else {
                return 'Could not create or update specified alarm.';
            }
        } else {
            return 'Could not create or update specified alarm.';
        }
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function putTheMetricAlarm()
{
    $alarmName = 'my-ec2-resources';
    $namespace = 'AWS/Usage';
    $metricName = 'ResourceCount';
    $dimensions = [
        [
            'Name' => 'Type',
            'Value' => 'Resource'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Resource',
            'Value' => 'vCPU'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Service',
            'Value' => 'EC2'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Class',
            'Value' => 'Standard/OnDemand'
        ]
    ];
    $statistic = 'Average';
    $period = 300;
    $comparison = 'GreaterThanThreshold';
    $threshold = 1;
    $evaluationPeriods = 1;

    $cloudWatchRegion = 'us-east-1';
    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => $cloudWatchRegion,
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo putMetricAlarm(
        $cloudWatchClient,
        $cloudWatchRegion,
        $alarmName,
        $namespace,
        $metricName,
        $dimensions,
        $statistic,
        $period,
        $comparison,
        $threshold,
        $evaluationPeriods
    );
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// putTheMetricAlarm();
```

## Delete alarms
<a name="delete-alarms"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function deleteAlarms($cloudWatchClient, $alarmNames)
{
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->deleteAlarms([
            'AlarmNames' => $alarmNames
        ]);

        return 'The specified alarms at the following effective URI have ' .
            'been deleted or do not currently exist: ' .
            $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'];
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function deleteTheAlarms()
{
    $alarmNames = array('my-alarm');

    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo deleteAlarms($cloudWatchClient, $alarmNames);
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// deleteTheAlarms();
```

# Getting metrics from Amazon CloudWatch with AWS SDK for PHP Version 3
<a name="cw-examples-getting-metrics"></a>

Metrics are data about the performance of your systems. You can enable detailed monitoring of some resources, such as your Amazon EC2 instances, or of your own application metrics.

The following examples show how to:
+ List metrics using [ListMetrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#listmetrics).
+ Retrieve alarms for a metric using [DescribeAlarmsForMetric](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#describealarmsformetric).
+ Get statistics for a specified metric using [GetMetricStatistics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#getmetricstatistics).

All the example code for the AWS SDK for PHP is available [here on GitHub](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/php/example_code).

## Credentials
<a name="examplecredentials"></a>

Before running the example code, configure your AWS credentials, as described in [Authenticating with AWS using AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](credentials.md). Then import the AWS SDK for PHP, as described in [Installing the AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](getting-started_installation.md).

## List metrics
<a name="list-metrics"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function listMetrics($cloudWatchClient)
{
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->listMetrics();

        $message = '';

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            $message .= 'For the effective URI at ' .
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] . ":\n\n";

            if (
                (isset($result['Metrics'])) and
                (count($result['Metrics']) > 0)
            ) {
                $message .= "Metrics found:\n\n";

                foreach ($result['Metrics'] as $metric) {
                    $message .= 'For metric ' . $metric['MetricName'] .
                        ' in namespace ' . $metric['Namespace'] . ":\n";

                    if (
                        (isset($metric['Dimensions'])) and
                        (count($metric['Dimensions']) > 0)
                    ) {
                        $message .= "Dimensions:\n";

                        foreach ($metric['Dimensions'] as $dimension) {
                            $message .= 'Name: ' . $dimension['Name'] .
                                ', Value: ' . $dimension['Value'] . "\n";
                        }

                        $message .= "\n";
                    } else {
                        $message .= "No dimensions.\n\n";
                    }
                }
            } else {
                $message .= 'No metrics found.';
            }
        } else {
            $message .= 'No metrics found.';
        }

        return $message;
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function listTheMetrics()
{
    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo listMetrics($cloudWatchClient);
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// listTheMetrics();
```

## Retrieve alarms for a metric
<a name="retrieve-alarms-for-a-metric"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function describeAlarmsForMetric(
    $cloudWatchClient,
    $metricName,
    $namespace,
    $dimensions
) {
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->describeAlarmsForMetric([
            'MetricName' => $metricName,
            'Namespace' => $namespace,
            'Dimensions' => $dimensions
        ]);

        $message = '';

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            $message .= 'At the effective URI of ' .
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] . ":\n\n";

            if (
                (isset($result['MetricAlarms'])) and
                (count($result['MetricAlarms']) > 0)
            ) {
                $message .= 'Matching alarms for ' . $metricName . ":\n\n";

                foreach ($result['MetricAlarms'] as $alarm) {
                    $message .= $alarm['AlarmName'] . "\n";
                }
            } else {
                $message .= 'No matching alarms found for ' . $metricName . '.';
            }
        } else {
            $message .= 'No matching alarms found for ' . $metricName . '.';
        }

        return $message;
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function describeTheAlarmsForMetric()
{
    $metricName = 'BucketSizeBytes';
    $namespace = 'AWS/S3';
    $dimensions = [
        [
            'Name' => 'StorageType',
            'Value' => 'StandardStorage'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'BucketName',
            'Value' => 'amzn-s3-demo-bucket'
        ]
    ];

    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo describeAlarmsForMetric(
        $cloudWatchClient,
        $metricName,
        $namespace,
        $dimensions
    );
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// describeTheAlarmsForMetric();
```

## Get metric statistics
<a name="get-metric-statistics"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function getMetricStatistics(
    $cloudWatchClient,
    $namespace,
    $metricName,
    $dimensions,
    $startTime,
    $endTime,
    $period,
    $statistics,
    $unit
) {
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->getMetricStatistics([
            'Namespace' => $namespace,
            'MetricName' => $metricName,
            'Dimensions' => $dimensions,
            'StartTime' => $startTime,
            'EndTime' => $endTime,
            'Period' => $period,
            'Statistics' => $statistics,
            'Unit' => $unit
        ]);

        $message = '';

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            $message .= 'For the effective URI at ' .
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] . "\n\n";

            if (
                (isset($result['Datapoints'])) and
                (count($result['Datapoints']) > 0)
            ) {
                $message .= "Datapoints found:\n\n";

                foreach ($result['Datapoints'] as $datapoint) {
                    foreach ($datapoint as $key => $value) {
                        $message .= $key . ' = ' . $value . "\n";
                    }

                    $message .= "\n";
                }
            } else {
                $message .= 'No datapoints found.';
            }
        } else {
            $message .= 'No datapoints found.';
        }

        return $message;
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function getTheMetricStatistics()
{
    // Average number of Amazon EC2 vCPUs every 5 minutes within
    // the past 3 hours.
    $namespace = 'AWS/Usage';
    $metricName = 'ResourceCount';
    $dimensions = [
        [
            'Name' => 'Service',
            'Value' => 'EC2'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Resource',
            'Value' => 'vCPU'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Type',
            'Value' => 'Resource'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Class',
            'Value' => 'Standard/OnDemand'
        ]
    ];
    $startTime = strtotime('-3 hours');
    $endTime = strtotime('now');
    $period = 300; // Seconds. (5 minutes = 300 seconds.)
    $statistics = ['Average'];
    $unit = 'None';

    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo getMetricStatistics(
        $cloudWatchClient,
        $namespace,
        $metricName,
        $dimensions,
        $startTime,
        $endTime,
        $period,
        $statistics,
        $unit
    );

    // Another example: average number of bytes of standard storage in the
    // specified Amazon S3 bucket each day for the past 3 days.

    /*
    $namespace = 'AWS/S3';
    $metricName = 'BucketSizeBytes';
    $dimensions = [
        [
            'Name' => 'StorageType',
            'Value'=> 'StandardStorage'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'BucketName',
            'Value' => 'amzn-s3-demo-bucket'
        ]
    ];
    $startTime = strtotime('-3 days');
    $endTime = strtotime('now');
    $period = 86400; // Seconds. (1 day = 86400 seconds.)
    $statistics = array('Average');
    $unit = 'Bytes';

    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo getMetricStatistics($cloudWatchClient, $namespace, $metricName,
    $dimensions, $startTime, $endTime, $period, $statistics, $unit);
    */
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// getTheMetricStatistics();
```

# Publishing custom metrics in Amazon CloudWatch with AWS SDK for PHP Version 3
<a name="cw-examples-publishing-custom-metrics"></a>

Metrics are data about the performance of your systems. An alarm watches a single metric over a time period you specify. It performs one or more actions based on the value of the metric, relative to a given threshold over a number of time periods.

The following examples show how to:
+ Publish metric data using [PutMetricData](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#putmetricdata).
+ Create an alarm using [PutMetricAlarm](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#putmetricalarm).

All the example code for the AWS SDK for PHP is available [here on GitHub](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/php/example_code).

## Credentials
<a name="examplecredentials"></a>

Before running the example code, configure your AWS credentials, as described in [Authenticating with AWS using AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](credentials.md). Then import the AWS SDK for PHP, as described in [Installing the AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](getting-started_installation.md).

## Publish metric data
<a name="publish-metric-data"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function putMetricData(
    $cloudWatchClient,
    $cloudWatchRegion,
    $namespace,
    $metricData
) {
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->putMetricData([
            'Namespace' => $namespace,
            'MetricData' => $metricData
        ]);

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            if (
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] ==
                'https://monitoring.' . $cloudWatchRegion . '.amazonaws.com'
            ) {
                return 'Successfully published datapoint(s).';
            } else {
                return 'Could not publish datapoint(s).';
            }
        } else {
            return 'Error: Could not publish datapoint(s).';
        }
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function putTheMetricData()
{
    $namespace = 'MyNamespace';
    $metricData = [
        [
            'MetricName' => 'MyMetric',
            'Timestamp' => 1589228818, // 11 May 2020, 20:26:58 UTC.
            'Dimensions' => [
                [
                    'Name' => 'MyDimension1',
                    'Value' => 'MyValue1'

                ],
                [
                    'Name' => 'MyDimension2',
                    'Value' => 'MyValue2'
                ]
            ],
            'Unit' => 'Count',
            'Value' => 1
        ]
    ];

    $cloudWatchRegion = 'us-east-1';
    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => $cloudWatchRegion,
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo putMetricData(
        $cloudWatchClient,
        $cloudWatchRegion,
        $namespace,
        $metricData
    );
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// putTheMetricData();
```

## Create an alarm
<a name="create-an-alarm"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function putMetricAlarm(
    $cloudWatchClient,
    $cloudWatchRegion,
    $alarmName,
    $namespace,
    $metricName,
    $dimensions,
    $statistic,
    $period,
    $comparison,
    $threshold,
    $evaluationPeriods
) {
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->putMetricAlarm([
            'AlarmName' => $alarmName,
            'Namespace' => $namespace,
            'MetricName' => $metricName,
            'Dimensions' => $dimensions,
            'Statistic' => $statistic,
            'Period' => $period,
            'ComparisonOperator' => $comparison,
            'Threshold' => $threshold,
            'EvaluationPeriods' => $evaluationPeriods
        ]);

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            if (
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] ==
                'https://monitoring.' . $cloudWatchRegion . '.amazonaws.com'
            ) {
                return 'Successfully created or updated specified alarm.';
            } else {
                return 'Could not create or update specified alarm.';
            }
        } else {
            return 'Could not create or update specified alarm.';
        }
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function putTheMetricAlarm()
{
    $alarmName = 'my-ec2-resources';
    $namespace = 'AWS/Usage';
    $metricName = 'ResourceCount';
    $dimensions = [
        [
            'Name' => 'Type',
            'Value' => 'Resource'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Resource',
            'Value' => 'vCPU'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Service',
            'Value' => 'EC2'
        ],
        [
            'Name' => 'Class',
            'Value' => 'Standard/OnDemand'
        ]
    ];
    $statistic = 'Average';
    $period = 300;
    $comparison = 'GreaterThanThreshold';
    $threshold = 1;
    $evaluationPeriods = 1;

    $cloudWatchRegion = 'us-east-1';
    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => $cloudWatchRegion,
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo putMetricAlarm(
        $cloudWatchClient,
        $cloudWatchRegion,
        $alarmName,
        $namespace,
        $metricName,
        $dimensions,
        $statistic,
        $period,
        $comparison,
        $threshold,
        $evaluationPeriods
    );
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// putTheMetricAlarm();
```

# Sending events to Amazon CloudWatch Events with AWS SDK for PHP Version 3
<a name="cw-examples-sending-events"></a>

CloudWatch Events delivers a near real-time stream of system events that describe changes in Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources to any of various targets. Using simple rules, you can match events and route them to one or more target functions or streams.

The following examples show how to:
+ Create a rule using [PutRule](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-events-2015-10-07.html#putrule).
+ Add targets to a rule using [PutTargets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-events-2015-10-07.html#puttargets).
+ Send custom events to CloudWatch Events using [PutEvents](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-events-2015-10-07.html#putevents).

All the example code for the AWS SDK for PHP is available [here on GitHub](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/php/example_code).

## Credentials
<a name="examplecredentials"></a>

Before running the example code, configure your AWS credentials, as described in [Authenticating with AWS using AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](credentials.md). Then import the AWS SDK for PHP, as described in [Installing the AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](getting-started_installation.md).

## Create a rule
<a name="create-a-rule"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
$client = new Aws\cloudwatchevents\cloudwatcheventsClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'region' => 'us-west-2',
    'version' => '2015-10-07'
]);

try {
    $result = $client->putRule([
        'Name' => 'DEMO_EVENT', // REQUIRED
        'RoleArn' => 'IAM_ROLE_ARN',
        'ScheduleExpression' => 'rate(5 minutes)',
        'State' => 'ENABLED',
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    error_log($e->getMessage());
}
```

## Add targets to a rule
<a name="add-targets-to-a-rule"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
$client = new Aws\cloudwatchevents\cloudwatcheventsClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'region' => 'us-west-2',
    'version' => '2015-10-07'
]);

try {
    $result = $client->putTargets([
        'Rule' => 'DEMO_EVENT', // REQUIRED
        'Targets' => [ // REQUIRED
            [
                'Arn' => 'LAMBDA_FUNCTION_ARN', // REQUIRED
                'Id' => 'myCloudWatchEventsTarget' // REQUIRED
            ],
        ],
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    error_log($e->getMessage());
}
```

## Send custom events
<a name="send-custom-events"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
$client = new Aws\cloudwatchevents\cloudwatcheventsClient([
    'profile' => 'default',
    'region' => 'us-west-2',
    'version' => '2015-10-07'
]);

try {
    $result = $client->putEvents([
        'Entries' => [ // REQUIRED
            [
                'Detail' => '<string>',
                'DetailType' => '<string>',
                'Resources' => ['<string>'],
                'Source' => '<string>',
                'Time' => time()
            ],
        ],
    ]);
    var_dump($result);
} catch (AwsException $e) {
    // output error message if fails
    error_log($e->getMessage());
}
```

# Using alarm actions with Amazon CloudWatch alarms with AWS SDK for PHP Version 3
<a name="cw-examples-using-alarm-actions"></a>

Use alarm actions to create alarms that automatically stop, terminate, reboot, or recover your Amazon EC2 instances. You can use the stop or terminate actions when you no longer need an instance to be running. You can use the reboot and recover actions to automatically reboot those instances.

The following examples show how to:
+ Enable actions for specified alarms using [EnableAlarmActions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#enablealarmactions).
+ Disable actions for specified alarms using [DisableAlarmActions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-sdk-php/v3/api/api-monitoring-2010-08-01.html#disablealarmactions).

All the example code for the AWS SDK for PHP is available [here on GitHub](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/php/example_code).

## Credentials
<a name="examplecredentials"></a>

Before running the example code, configure your AWS credentials, as described in [Authenticating with AWS using AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](credentials.md). Then import the AWS SDK for PHP, as described in [Installing the AWS SDK for PHP Version 3](getting-started_installation.md).

## Enable alarm actions
<a name="enable-alarm-actions"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function enableAlarmActions($cloudWatchClient, $alarmNames)
{
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->enableAlarmActions([
            'AlarmNames' => $alarmNames
        ]);

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            return 'At the effective URI of ' .
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] .
                ', actions for any matching alarms have been enabled.';
        } else {
            return'Actions for some matching alarms ' .
                'might not have been enabled.';
        }
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function enableTheAlarmActions()
{
    $alarmNames = array('my-alarm');

    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo enableAlarmActions($cloudWatchClient, $alarmNames);
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// enableTheAlarmActions();
```

## Disable alarm actions
<a name="disable-alarm-actions"></a>

 **Imports** 

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Aws\CloudWatch\CloudWatchClient;
use Aws\Exception\AwsException;
```

 **Sample Code** 

```
function disableAlarmActions($cloudWatchClient, $alarmNames)
{
    try {
        $result = $cloudWatchClient->disableAlarmActions([
            'AlarmNames' => $alarmNames
        ]);

        if (isset($result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'])) {
            return 'At the effective URI of ' .
                $result['@metadata']['effectiveUri'] .
                ', actions for any matching alarms have been disabled.';
        } else {
            return 'Actions for some matching alarms ' .
                'might not have been disabled.';
        }
    } catch (AwsException $e) {
        return 'Error: ' . $e->getAwsErrorMessage();
    }
}

function disableTheAlarmActions()
{
    $alarmNames = array('my-alarm');

    $cloudWatchClient = new CloudWatchClient([
        'profile' => 'default',
        'region' => 'us-east-1',
        'version' => '2010-08-01'
    ]);

    echo disableAlarmActions($cloudWatchClient, $alarmNames);
}

// Uncomment the following line to run this code in an AWS account.
// disableTheAlarmActions();
```