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{{serviceFullName}}{% if specifiedApiVersion %} ({{specifiedApiVersion}}){% endif %}
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This guide focuses on the AWS SDK for PHP client for `{{ serviceFullName }} <{{ doc_url }}>`_. This guide assumes that
you have already downloaded and installed the AWS SDK for PHP. See :doc:`installation` for more information on
getting started.

{% if specifiedApiVersion %}
**Note:** This guide is for the **{{ specifiedApiVersion }}** API version of {{ serviceFullName }}. You may also be
interested in the :doc:`guide for the latest API version of {{ serviceFullName }} <service-{{ namespace|lower }}>`.
{% endif %}

Creating a client
-----------------

First you need to create a client object using one of the following techniques.

Factory method
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The easiest way to get up and running quickly is to use the ``Aws\{{namespace}}\{{namespace}}Client::factory()`` method
and provide your credential profile (via the ``profile`` option), which identifies the set of credentials you want to
use from your ``~/.aws/credentials`` file (see :ref:`credential_profiles`).

{% if not globalEndpoint -%}
A ``region`` parameter is required. You can find a list of available regions
using the `Regions and Endpoints <http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html>`_
reference.
{% endif %}

.. code-block:: php

    use Aws\{{namespace}}\{{namespace}}Client;

    $client = {{namespace}}Client::factory(array(
        'profile' => '<profile in your aws credentials file>'{% if not globalEndpoint -%},
        'region'  => '<region name>'{% endif %}{% if specifiedApiVersion -%},
        'version' => '{{specifiedApiVersion}}'{% endif %}
    ));

You can provide your credential profile like in the preceding example, specify your access keys directly (via ``key``
and ``secret``), or you can choose to omit any credential information if you are using `AWS Identity and Access
Management (IAM) roles for EC2 instances <http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/UsingIAM.html#UsingIAMrolesWithAmazonEC2Instances>`_
or credentials sourced from the ``AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`` and ``AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`` environment variables.

.. note::

    The ``profile`` option and AWS credential file support is only available for version 2.6.1 of the SDK and higher.
    We recommend that all users update their copies of the SDK to take advantage of this feature, which is a safer way
    to specify credentials than explicitly providing ``key`` and ``secret``.

Service builder
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A more robust way to connect to {{ serviceFullName }} is through the service builder. This allows you to specify
credentials and other configuration settings in a configuration file. These settings can then be shared across all
clients so that you only have to specify your settings once.

.. code-block:: php

    use Aws\Common\Aws;

    // Create a service builder using a configuration file
    $aws = Aws::factory('/path/to/my_config.json');

    // Get the client from the builder by namespace
    {% if specifiedApiVersion -%}
    $client = $aws->get('{{ namespace|lower() }}_{{ apiVersionSuffix|replace("_", "") }}');
    {% else -%}
    $client = $aws->get('{{ namespace }}');
    {% endif %}

For more information about configuration files, see :doc:`configuration`.

.. _{{ namespace }}{{ apiVersionSuffix }}_operations:
