# Elastic APM PHP Tracer - Sending events to APM Server failed **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Tags:** php\ **Created:** [January 7, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-php-tracer-sending-events-to-apm-server-failed/260445 "2021-01-07T13:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bimanarajesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@bimanarajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bimanarajesh)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-php-tracer-sending-events-to-apm-server-failed/260445/1 "2021-01-07T13:34:26Z")
**Elasticsearch version:** 6.8.4 **APM Server version:** 7.6.0 **APM Agent language and version:** apm-agent-php 1.0.0-beta1 **PHP version:** 7.2.34 **Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version:** Using RPM package (apm-agent-php-1.0.0\_beta1-1.noarch.rpm) **Fresh install or upgraded from other version?** Fresh install **Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior. Please include screenshots (if relevant):** Hi, I followed the docs at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/php/current/intro.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/php/current/intro.html) to attach the elastic-apm-php agent to my application and added the configurations to the php.ini file. When I run my application I get the following error:- `Elastic APM PHP Tracer [PID: 4790] 2021-01-07 13:10:22.365282+00:00 [ERROR] `[Backend-Comm] [backend\_comm.c:161] [sendEventsToApmServer] Sending events to `APM Server failed. URL: `http://localhost:8200/intake/v2/events'. Error message: `Couldn't connect to server. The apm-server is reachable from the application instance, the trace data for java-agent is visible and I get the above error only for php-agent . Kindly help me resolve this issue. Thank You **Steps to reproduce:** 1.Followed PHP agent docs. 2.restarted httpd 3.restarted apm-server ---
**Author:** ![Sergey\_Kleyman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sergey_kleyman/32/39333_2.png) [@Sergey\_Kleyman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sergey_Kleyman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-php-tracer-sending-events-to-apm-server-failed/260445/2 "2021-01-11T13:09:38Z")
Hi @bimanarajesh - welcome back to the forums 🙂 Could please clarify if APM Server is running at localhost:8200 or a different address:port? If it is the latter did you configure [`server_url`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/php/current/configuration-reference.html#config-server-url) (for example by setting `elastic_apm.server_url` in `php.ini`)? ---
**Author:** ![bimanarajesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@bimanarajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bimanarajesh)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-php-tracer-sending-events-to-apm-server-failed/260445/3 "2021-01-12T07:19:53Z")
Hi @Sergey_Kleyman , The APM Server is running on a different IP address. The port 8200 and the server is accessible from the client instance. Yes, I did set the elastic\_apm.server\_url in php.ini file. Elastic APM PHP Tracer [PID: 4790] 2021-01-07 13:10:22.365282+00:00 [ERROR] [Backend-Comm] [backend\_comm.c:161] [sendEventsToApmServer] Sending events to APM Server failed. URL: `http://ip:8200/intake/v2/events'. Error message: `Couldn't connect to server'. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-apm-php-tracer-sending-events-to-apm-server-failed/260445/4 "2021-02-02T03:20:04Z")
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