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+# Migrating Google Cloud Clients to the New Surface
+
+**Document Summary**
+
+ * Google Cloud PHP Client Libraries are releasing new major versions (v2) to
+   introduce new surface changes.
+ * The PHP Team at Google has developed a tool to automatically upgrade clients
+   (see [`ClientUpgradeFixer`][client_upgrade_fixer]).
+
+## WHAT are the new Cloud Clients?
+
+The new Cloud Clients are in the namespace `\Client\`, whereas the previous
+clients are one directory above with the same name. For example:
+
+```php
+// This is the "new" client
+use Google\Cloud\Container\V1\Client\ClusterManagerClient;
+
+// This is the deprecated client (marked with @deprecated)
+use Google\Cloud\Container\V1\ClusterManagerClient;
+```
+
+The main difference is that RPC methods which used to take a varying number of
+required arguments plus an array of optional arguments, now only take a
+_single_ `Request` object:
+
+```php
+// Create a client.
+$clusterManagerClient = new ClusterManagerClient();
+
+// Prepare the request message.
+$request = new CancelOperationRequest();
+
+// Call the API and handle any network failures.
+try {
+    $clusterManagerClient->cancelOperation($request);
+    printf('Call completed successfully.' . PHP_EOL);
+} catch (ApiException $ex) {
+    printf('Call failed with message: %s' . PHP_EOL, $ex->getMessage());
+}
+```
+
+### RPCs use CallOptions
+
+The new surface RPC methods take an optional array of
+[CallOptions][call_options] as the second argument. These are similar to how
+the `$optionalArgs` were used in the previous surface, but the new `CallOptions`
+_only_ contain options for the call itself, whereas the previous `$optionalArgs`
+also held the optional fields for the request body:
+
+```php
+// To set call-time options, such as headers, timeouts, and retry options,
+// pass them in as the second argument
+$callOptions = ['timeoutMillis' => 20];
+$clusterManagerClient->cancelOperation($request, $callOptions);
+```
+
+[call_options]: https://github.com/googleapis/gax-php/blob/main/src/Options/CallOptions.php
+
+### Requests have static `::build` methods
+
+Using Request objects directly can make it more difficult to quickly draft out
+the necessary code to deliver an RPC. To mitigate this friction, a static
+`::build` method is now generated when one or more
+[method signature annotations](https://google.aip.dev/client-libraries/4232)
+exist on the RPC.
+
+Any request which has recommended parameters defined in its proto will include a
+`::build` method, so that these parameters are easily discoverable:
+
+```php
+// Create the RPC request using the static "::build" method
+$request = CancelOperationRequest::build($projectId, $zone, $operationId);
+$clusterManagerClient->cancelOperation($request);
+```
+
+## HOW should I upgrade?
+
+The changes are mostly straightforward, and at a minimum require the following:
+
+ - Update Google Cloud clients to use the new client namespace by appending
+   `\Client` to the existing namespace.
+ - Update RPC calls to accept the corresponding `Request` object.
+
+**NOTE**: Client streaming calls do not require a `Request` object.
+
+### Automatically upgrade code using the `ClientUpgradeFixer` tool
+
+To help migrate code to the new client surface, we've written a
+[ClientUpgradeFixer][client_upgrade_fixer] to scan code and upgrade it to match
+the new client surface. This tool is not guaranteed to work, so be sure to test
+everything that it changes thoroughly. Read more about how to install and run
+the tool in its [README][client_upgrade_fixer].
+
+The ClientUpgradeFixer uses [PHP Coding Standards Fixer][cs_fixer] to upgrade
+code to use the new client surface:
+
+```bash
+# run the CS fixer for that directory using the config above
+vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --config=.php-cs-fixer.google.php --dry-run --diff /path/to/my/project
+```
+
+This will output a diff of the changes. Remove `--dry-run` from the above
+command to apply the changes automatically.
+
+
+```diff
+-use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\DlpServiceClient;
++use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Client\DlpServiceClient;
++use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\CreateDlpJobRequest;
+ use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectConfig;
+ use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\InspectJobConfig;
+ use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\Likelihood;
++use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\ListInfoTypesRequest;
+ use Google\Cloud\Dlp\V2\StorageConfig;
+
+ // Instantiate a client.
+ $dlp = new DlpServiceClient();
+
+ // optional args array (variable)
+-$infoTypes = $dlp->listInfoTypes($parent);
++$request = (new ListInfoTypesRequest());
++$infoTypes = $dlp->listInfoTypes($request);
+
+ // optional args array (inline array)
+-$job = $dlp->createDlpJob($parent, ['jobId' => 'abc', 'locationId' => 'def']);
++$request2 = (new CreateDlpJobRequest())
++    ->setParent($parent)
++    ->setJobId('abc')
++    ->setLocationId('def');
++$job = $dlp->createDlpJob($request2);
+```
+
+[cs_fixer]: https://cs.symfony.com/
+[client_upgrade_fixer]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-tools/blob/main/src/Fixers/ClientUpgradeFixer/README.md
+
+## Feedback
+
+Your feedback is important to us! Please continue to provide us with any
+thoughts and questions in the [Issues][google-cloud-issues] section of this
+repository.
+
+[google-cloud-issues]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-php/issues