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PHP SDK for Anthropic Claude

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The Claude PHP SDK by Dale Hurley provides 1-for-1 functionality with the official Python SDK, supporting PHP v8.1+. Along with a PHP SDK, the author has a Laravel integration, Claude-PHP-SDK-Laravel, which includes a service Facade:

use ClaudePhp\Laravel\Facades\Claude;
 
response()->stream(function () use ($request) {
$stream = Claude::messages()->stream([
'model' => 'claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929',
'max_tokens' => 2048,
'messages' => [
['role' => 'user', 'content' => $request->input('message')]
]
]);
 
foreach ($stream as $event) {
if (($event['type'] ?? '') === 'content_block_delta') {
echo "data: " . json_encode(['text' => $event['delta']['text'] ?? '']) . "\n\n";
ob_flush();
flush();
}
}
}, 200, [
'Content-Type' => 'text/event-stream',
'Cache-Control' => 'no-cache',
'X-Accel-Buffering' => 'no',
]);

Main Features

  • Full API Parity: Comprehensive implementation of Messages, Files, Batches, and Models APIs
  • Complete Example Coverage: 80+ comprehensive examples covering all Claude documentation pages (11,000+ lines)
  • PSR Compliance: Follows PSR-12 coding standards and PSR-11 dependency injection patterns
  • Framework Agnostic: Works seamlessly with Laravel, Symfony, Slim, and other PHP frameworks
  • Latest Models: Support for Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, and Opus 4.5
  • Advanced Features: Tool use, vision, streaming, extended thinking, embeddings, batch processing, and more
  • Async Ready: Built for modern async patterns with Amphp support
  • Comprehensive Error Handling: Detailed exception hierarchy matching the Python SDK
  • Production Ready: All examples tested, documented, and verified with live API calls

👨‍💻 You can get started with this package on GitHub: claude-php/Claude-PHP-SDK.

📕 There are over 80+ examples in the repo's examples directory and a tutorials folders.

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