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Vendor ahmadrosid Package anthropic-php Short Description Anthropic PHP Client License
MIT
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Anthropic PHP is library to interact with Anthropic API, this library is designed to be close to OpenAI PHP. The goal of this library is to have the same API to OpenAI PHP client, so you can switch from GPT model to Claude easily.
Installation
Make sure you are using php: ^8.1.0.
How to use?
Create anthropic client.
Important: The anthropic-version header is required. Without it, you'll get a 404 error.
Available Models
Latest Models
Model
API ID
Description
Claude Opus 4.7
claude-opus-4-7
Most capable model for complex reasoning and agentic coding
Claude Sonnet 4.6
claude-sonnet-4-6
Best combination of speed and intelligence
Claude Haiku 4.5
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Fastest model with near-frontier intelligence
Previous Generation (still available)
Model
API ID
Claude Opus 4.6
claude-opus-4-6
Claude Sonnet 4.5
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929
Claude Opus 4.5
claude-opus-4-5-20251101
Claude Opus 4.1
claude-opus-4-1-20250805
Using Model Constants
You can use the Model class for convenient access to model identifiers:
Chat with Claude
Send chat message.
Chat Streaming
Process server sent event reply from chatbot.
Testing
This package includes both unit tests and integration tests.
Running Unit Tests
Unit tests use mocked HTTP clients and don't require an API key:
Or run only unit tests:
Running Integration Tests
Integration tests make real API calls to Anthropic. To run them:
Composer command for our command line client (download client)This client runs in each environment. You don't need a specific PHP version etc. The first 20 API calls are free.Standard composer command
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