How to Identify IP Address Threats in PHP

Threatening IP addresses include the likes of botnets, compromised servers, and more. It’s critically important to identify such threats before they can cause harm to our system.

Thankfully, you can use the below code to instantly reference a suspicious IP address against list of known-threat IP addresses. Your API call will return a Boolean indicating if a threat is present, and if so, it’ll provide a string describing the type of threat as well.

To take advantage of this API for free, first register a free account on our website; this will provide you with a free-tier API key with a limit of 800 API calls per month (and no commitments upon reaching that limit). Then, follow simple steps to install the SDK and structure your API call with ready-to-run PHP code examples.

To install the SDK, run the following command:

composer require cloudmersive/cloudmersive_security_api_client

To complete your request, copy and paste the code examples below. Make sure to include your API key and configure your IP string input:

<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');

// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
$config = Swagger\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('Apikey', 'YOUR_API_KEY');



$apiInstance = new Swagger\Client\Api\NetworkThreatDetectionApi(
    
    
    new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
    $config
);
$value = "value_example"; // string | IP address to check, e.g. \"55.55.55.55\".  The input is a string so be sure to enclose it in double-quotes.

try {
    $result = $apiInstance->networkThreatDetectionIsThreat($value);
    print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Exception when calling NetworkThreatDetectionApi->networkThreatDetectionIsThreat: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>

Just like that, you’re all done. Easy!