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title: First PHP transaction is not reported
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apm/agents/php-agent/troubleshooting/first-php-transaction-not-reported
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## Problem

You installed the New Relic PHP agent and generated some traffic, but the agent does not send the first transaction.

## Solution

This is expected behavior. When the [PHP daemon](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/agents/php-agent/getting-started/new-relic-daemon-processes) is in its initial state, **two** transactions must occur before it will start reporting:

-   With the first transaction, the PHP daemon adds your newly-reporting application to its own application information table.
-   Once the application is added, the PHP daemon reports the second transaction to New Relic.

Recommendation: Run a trivial php process, such as `phpinfo()`, before running the processes you want reported.

## Cause

This is expected behavior by the PHP daemon, which initially requires two transactions to be reported.