# How to Approve Real Users and Block Fake Accounts at Sign Up with Lookup and Verify in PHP

DevFeed: [How to Approve Real Users and Block Fake Accounts at Sign Up with Lookup and Verify in PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-approve-real-users-and-block-fake-accounts-at-sign-up-with-lookup-and-verify-in-php-16096.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/developers/tutorials/product/block-fake-accounts-lookup-verify-php>)

Author: Kelley Robinson, Matthew Setter

Published: 2026-08-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Twilio Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/twilio-blog.md>)

Topics: [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [developer-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-insights.md>), [fake-accounts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fake-accounts.md>), [fraud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fraud.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [lookup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lookup.md>), [onboarding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/onboarding.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [sign-up](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sign-up.md>), [verifications-and-identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verifications-and-identity.md>), [verify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/verify.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial shows how to use Twilio Lookup and Verify with PHP to collect a user's name and phone number, apply layered phone and identity checks, and block likely fake accounts during sign-up.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to collect a user's name and phone number and conduct a multi-step orchestrated identity verification flow with Twilio's Lookup API.