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datadog/php-datadogstatsd
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An extremely simple PHP datadogstatsd client

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PHP DataDog StatsD Client
=========================

[](#php-datadog-statsd-client)

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This is an extremely simple PHP [DogStatsD](https://docs.datadoghq.com/developers/dogstatsd/?code-lang=php) client.

**Requires PHP >= 5.6.0.**

See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for changes.

*For a Laravel-specific implementation that wraps this library, check out [laravel-datadog-helper](https://github.com/chaseconey/laravel-datadog-helper).*

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add the following to your `composer.json`:

```
"datadog/php-datadogstatsd": "1.6.*"

```

The first version shipped in composer is *0.0.3*

Or manually clone this repository and set it up with `require './src/DogStatsd.php'.`

Once installed, turn on the socket extension to PHP which must be enabled at compile time by giving the `--enable-sockets` option to **configure**.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

To instantiate a DogStatsd object using `composer`:

```