Lets begin by knowing what exactly Claude PHP SDK is and what it does.
What is Claude?
Claude is a family of chatbots developed by Anthropic. It is a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
What is Claude PHP SDK?
Claude PHP SDK is a useful PHP library that you can use to communicate with Anthropic’s Claude via API.
It is not a replacement for the claude.ai chatbot interface, though it provides a simple CLI tool to quickly test and check your API key or make quick prompts.
Features
- Support for all Claude models (Claude 3 Opus/Sonnet/Haiku, Claude 2.1)
- Streaming responses for real-time output
- Async request support using Promises
- Type-safe request/response handling
- Configurable request parameters (temperature, max tokens, etc)
- Comprehensive error handling and validation
- CLI tool for quick testing and API checks
Requirements
- PHP 8.2 or higher
- Composer
- Valid Anthropic API key