I just implemented this using jmeter for an app that uses Spring Security (It would be very similar to PHP). This is fairly straightforward, basically:
1) Create a new CSV file using a text editor
Ex: CSVSample_user.csv
username1, password1
username2, password2
2) In jmeter, create a CSV Data Set Config element
Thread Group>add>Config Element>CSV Data Set Config
=> Assign variable names (see image)
3) Create an HTTP Request element
Thread Group>add>Sampler>HTTP Request
=> Create a POST with parameters, have the variable you created
put the values for the parameter. (See bottom image).
NOTE: There are other elements you need, such as cookie manager, etc. Also number of threads needs to be set to the number of login users.
