Monitor When a User Changes Their Email Address in Your PHP Application

User data is a critical aspect of any PHP application, and monitoring changes to sensitive information, such as email addresses, is vital for maintaining data integrity and security. By tracking when a user changes their email address, you can ensure user privacy, prevent unauthorized changes, and keep a comprehensive audit trail of user actions.

Saashound, a powerful real-time event tracking tool, offers seamless monitoring for user email address changes in your PHP application. By integrating Saashound directly into your application, you can effortlessly track email address changes in real-time and receive timely alerts whenever this sensitive event occurs.

Connecting Saashound to Your PHP Application

To begin monitoring user email address changes in your PHP application using Saashound, follow these simple steps:

1. Sign up for a free Saashound account to start tracking your application’s events.
2. Create your first project from the user-friendly dashboard.
3. Access the settings and securely copy your unique API token.

PHP Integration

Integrating Saashound into your PHP application is straightforward. Use the following code snippet to start tracking email address changes. Remember to replace API_TOKEN with your actual Saashound API token and update the project name to match your project.

<?php

function logEvent() {
    $apiUrl = 'https://api.saashound.co/log-event';
    $payload = json_encode([
        'project' => 'my-project',
        'channel' => 'user-activity',
        'event' => 'User Email Change',
        'description' => 'User with ID 12345 changed their email address to 'newemail@example.com'.',
        'icon' => '📧',
        'notify' => true
    ]);

    $headers = [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'Authorization: Bearer API_TOKEN',
    ];

    $ch = curl_init($apiUrl);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $payload);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

    $response = curl_exec($ch);
    $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

    if ($httpCode >= 200 && $httpCode < 300) {
        echo 'Log event sent successfully!';
    } else {
        echo 'Failed to send log event. Response code: ' . $httpCode;
    }

    curl_close($ch);
}

logEvent();

With Saashound tracking email address changes, you can:

• Receive real-time notifications when a user updates their email address.
• Set up custom alert rules to notify your team of email address changes for improved security.
• Maintain a historical log of user email address changes for auditing purposes.
• Identify patterns and potential anomalies related to user account modifications.

Saashound Benefits

Saashound is designed to be user-friendly and accessible to developers and teams of all sizes. Here are some key benefits of using Saashound for monitoring user email address changes in your PHP application:

• Ease of Use: Saashound offers a no-code event tracking solution that requires minimal setup and configuration.
• Flexibility: Saashound can track various events related to user actions, making it suitable for monitoring different aspects of your application.
• Cross-Platform Support: Saashound’s cross-platform push notifications ensure that you and your team receive alerts on your preferred devices.
• Event Filtering: Customize which user-related events to track and receive notifications for, focusing on the most relevant data.
• Insights and Analytics: Utilize Saashound’s charts and analytics to visualize email address change data and gain valuable insights.

By leveraging Saashound’s email address change monitoring capabilities, you can ensure data security and accountability within your PHP application, building trust with your users and maintaining the integrity of their personal information.