'us-west-2', 'version' => '2016-11-15', 'profile' => 'default' ]); $instanceIds = ['InstanceID1', 'InstanceID2']; $monitorInstance = 'ON'; if ($monitorInstance == 'ON') { $result = $ec2Client->monitorInstances([ 'InstanceIds' => $instanceIds ]); } else { $result = $ec2Client->unmonitorInstances([ 'InstanceIds' => $instanceIds ]); } var_dump($result); // snippet-end:[ec2.php.monitor_instances.main] // snippet-end:[ec2.php.monitor_instances.complete]