newrelic_get_linking_metadata

Syntax

newrelic_get_linking_metadata()

Returns a collection of metadata necessary for linking data to a trace or an entity.

Requirements

Requires PHP agent version 9.3 or higher.

Must be called inside a transaction.

Description

This call returns an opaque map of key-value pairs that can be used to correlate this application to other data in the New Relic backend.

Examples

Create a linking payload

Obtains the linking data and encodes it as JSON for exporting to tooling:

if (extension_loaded('newrelic')) {
  $linking_md = newrelic_get_linking_metadata();
  $payload = json_encode($linking_md);
}