---
title: "Retrace for PHP Getting Started"
slug: "php-getting-started"
description: "Optimize PHP app performance with Retrace's APM & logging. Setup APM easily on Linux, Docker, Kubernetes & more. Track errors & deployments effortlessly."
updated: 2023-07-13T21:26:11Z
published: 2023-07-13T21:26:11Z
---

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# Getting Started with PHP

For PHP applications, Retrace offers both basic and advanced features. This guide will help you on how to get started with your PHP application.

## Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

To setup **APM** on your **PHP** application follow the document that best matches your setup:

- [PHP APM with Linux](/docs/php-apm-with-linux)
- [PHP APM with Docker](/docs/php-apm-with-docker)
- [PHP APM with Kubernetes](/docs/php-apm-with-kubernetes)
- [PHP APM with AWS ECS](/docs/php-apm-with-aws-ecs)
- [PHP APM with AWS Fargate](/docs/php-apm-with-aws-fargate)
- [PHP APM with AWS Lambda](/docs/php-apm-with-aws-lambda)
- [PHP APM with AWS Elastic Beanstalk](/docs/linux-aws-elastic-beanstalk-php)
- [PHP APM with Plesk](/docs/php-apm-with-plesk)

## Logs & Errors (ELM)

You can send your applications logs to Retrace with multiple PHP logging frameworks. Be sure to send your logs to take full advantage of Retrace's error tracking and centralized logging features. Errors are also used as part of Retrace's **App Scoring** feature.

- [Monolog v1](/docs/monolog-v1)
- [Monolog v2](/docs/monolog-v2)
- [Log4PHP](/docs/log4php)
- [Stackify PHP Logger](/docs/stackify-php-logger)

## Deployment Tracking

Notify Retrace when you do a new deployment to get advanced reporting features. This makes it easy to see how performance changes after a new deployment. Popular tools like Team City, Jenkins, Bamboo and others are supported. View [our docs](/docs/deployment-tracking-overview) to learn more.