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-# gRPC PHP Quick Start Example
+# gRPC PHP examples
 
+This directory contains the sources for the following PHP examples:
 
-## Prerequisites
+- [Quick start][]
+- [Basics tutorial][]
 
-This requires `php` >= 5.5, `pecl`, `composer`
-
-## Install
-
- - Install the `grpc` extension
-
-   ```sh
-   $ [sudo] pecl install grpc
-   ```
-
- - Install the `protoc` compiler plugin `grpc_php_plugin`
-
-   ```sh
-   $ git clone -b RELEASE_TAG_HERE https://github.com/grpc/grpc
-   $ cd grpc
-   $ make grpc_php_plugin
-   ```
-
- - Install the `grpc/grpc` composer package
-
-   ```
-   $ cd examples/php
-   $ composer install
-   ```
-
-## Try it!
-
- - Run the server
-
-   Please follow the instruction in [Node][] to run the server
-   ```
-   $ cd examples/node
-   $ npm install
-   $ cd dynamic_codegen or cd static_codegen
-   $ node greeter_server.js
-   ```
-
- - Generate proto files and run the client
-
-   ```
-   $ cd examples/php
-   $ ./greeter_proto_gen.sh
-   $ ./run_greeter_client.sh
-   ```
-
-## In-depth Tutorial
-
-You can find a more detailed tutorial in [gRPC Basics: PHP][]
-
-[Node]:https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/examples/node
-[gRPC Basics: PHP]:https://grpc.io/docs/languages/php/basics
+[Quick start]: https://grpc.io/docs/languages/php/quickstart/
+[Basics tutorial]: https://grpc.io/docs/languages/php/basics/