In PHP REST APIs, how do I monitor health?

Monitoring the health of PHP REST APIs is crucial for ensuring they are functioning correctly and efficiently. You can implement health checks to assess the availability and performance of your APIs. Below is a simple example of how to create a health check endpoint in PHP.


     'healthy',
            'timestamp' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
        ];
        http_response_code(200);
    } else {
        $response = [
            'status' => 'unhealthy',
            'timestamp' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')
        ];
        http_response_code(503);
    }

    echo json_encode($response);
    ?>

This example checks the status of your database and other services, returning a JSON response indicating whether the API is healthy.