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title: "Dagger PHP SDK"
description: "> **Warning** This SDK is experimental. Please do not use it for anything > mission-critical. Possible issues include:"
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source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T11:36:23.836Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "Dagger PHP SDK — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/readme-362)"
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# Dagger PHP SDK
> **Warning** This SDK is experimental. Please do not use it for anything > mission-critical. Possible issues include:

## Overview

> **Warning** This SDK is experimental. Please do not use it for anything
> mission-critical. Possible issues include:

- Missing features
- Stability issues
- Performance issues
- Lack of polish
- Upcoming breaking changes
- Incomplete or out-of-date documentation

> **Warning**
> The Dagger PHP SDK requires Dagger v0.9.3 or later

# Dagger PHP SDK

An experimental [Dagger.io](https://dagger.io) SDK for PHP.

## Usage

```php
$client = Dagger::connect();
$output = $client
    ->container()
    ->from('alpine')
    ->withExec(['apk', 'add', 'curl'])
    ->withExec(['curl', 'https://dagger.io'])
    ->stdout();

echo substr($output, 0, 300);
```

## Development environment

You can launch a basic development environment by using the provided docker-compose file.

1. Launch the cli : `docker compose up -d cli`
2. Spawn a shell inside : `docker compose exec cli bash`
3. Install dependencies : `composer install`
4. Run the tests : `phpunit`

You can regenerate the files by using the `./codegen` command

## Developing with the PHP SDK runtime

From a parent directory of the PHP SDK, run `dagger init --sdk=<path to dagger repo>/sdk/php`.

This will use the PHP SDK runtime with local source code which will make the feedback loop much faster than
pulling changes from the remote repository.

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