The Google Cloud Client Library
is a client
- library for accessing Google Cloud Platform services that significantly
- reduces the boilerplate code you have to write. The library provides
- high-level API abstractions so they're easier to understand. It embraces
- idioms of PHP, works well with the standard library, and
- integrates better with your codebase.
- All this means you spend more time creating code that matters
- to you.
The Google Cloud Client Library
is configured to
- access Google Cloud Platform services and authenticate (OAuth 2.0)
- automatically on your behalf. With a one-line install and a private key,
- you are up and ready to go. Better yet, if you are running on a Google
- Compute Engine instance, the one-line install is enough!
Google Cloud Client Library
package
- and the gcloud
command-line tool?Both the gcloud
command-line tool and the
- Google Cloud Client Library
package are a part of the Google
- Cloud SDK: a collection of tools and libraries that enable you to easily
- create and manage resources on the Google Cloud Platform.
- The gcloud
command-line tool can be used to manage both your
- development workflow and your Google Cloud Platform resources while the
- Google Cloud Client Library
package is the offical library
- for interacting with PHP.
Google Cloud Client Library
- and the Google APIs PHP Client?The
- Google APIs PHP Client is a client library for
- using the broad set of Google APIs.
- The Google Cloud Client Library
is built specifically for the
- Google Cloud Platform and is the recommended way to integrate Google Cloud
- APIs into your PHP applications. If your application requires both Google
- Cloud Platform and other Google APIs, the 2 libraries may be used by your
- application.