# PHP Client

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-client/62402
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 6, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-client/62402 "2016-10-06T15:15:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![mc1392](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mc1392](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mc1392)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-client/62402/1 "2016-10-06T15:15:17Z")

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I want to access ES from PHP in a web app.

Should I be using an official plugin, like composer, client library or is this just a plain REST scenario?

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### Author: ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-client/62402/2 "2016-10-06T15:42:57Z")

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I'd use the [official client](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php) with composer, yes.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/php-client/62402/3 "2017-07-05T22:14:14Z")

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