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Chapter 163 · Omnibus Instrument Product Analytics
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PostHog makes it easy to get data about traffic and usage of your Laravel app. Integrating PostHog enables analytics, custom events capture, feature flags, and more.
This guide walks you through integrating PostHog into your Laravel app using the PHP SDK.
First, ensure Composer (opens in a new tab) is installed. Then run composer require posthog/posthog-php to install PostHog’s PHP SDK.
Next, initialize PostHog in the boot method of app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php:
app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
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<?php
namespace App\Providers;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use PostHog\PostHog;
class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
public function boot(): void
{
PostHog::init(
'<ph_project_token>',
[
'host' => 'https://us.i.posthog.com'
]
);
}
}You can find your project token and instance address in your project settings (opens in a new tab).
To access your PostHog client anywhere in your app, import use PostHog\PostHog; and call PostHog::method_name. For example, below is how to capture an event in a simple route:
routes/web.php
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<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use PostHog\PostHog;
Route::get('/', function () {
PostHog::capture([
'distinctId' => 'distinct_id_of_your_user',
'event' => 'route_called'
]);
return view('welcome');
});For any technical questions for how to integrate specific PostHog features into Laravel (such as analytics, feature flags, A/B testing, etc.), have a look at our PHP SDK docs (opens in a new tab).
Alternatively, the following tutorials can help you get started:
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