diff --git a/examples/php/route_guide/README.md b/examples/php/route_guide/README.md
index 258158d5d1f..00610ffb091 100644
--- a/examples/php/route_guide/README.md
+++ b/examples/php/route_guide/README.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ require dirname(__FILE__) . '/route_guide.php';
 
 The file contains:
 - All the protocol buffer code to populate, serialize, and retrieve our request and response message types.
-- A class called `examples\RouteGuideClient` that lets clients call the methods defined in the `RouteGuide` service.
+- A class called `routeguide\RouteGuideClient` that lets clients call the methods defined in the `RouteGuide` service.
 
 
 <a name="client"></a>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ In this section, we'll look at creating a PHP client for our `RouteGuide` servic
 To call service methods, we first need to create a client object, an instance of the generated `RouteGuideClient` class. The constructor of the class expects the server address and port we want to connect to:
 
 ```php
-$client = new examples\RouteGuideClient(new Grpc\BaseStub('localhost:50051', []));
+$client = new routeguide\RouteGuideClient(new Grpc\BaseStub('localhost:50051', []));
 ```
 
 ### Calling service methods
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ Now let's look at how we call our service methods.
 Calling the simple RPC `GetFeature` is nearly as straightforward as calling a local asynchronous method.
 
 ```php
-  $point = new examples\Point();
+  $point = new routeguide\Point();
   $point->setLatitude(409146138);
   $point->setLongitude(-746188906);
   list($feature, $status) = $client->GetFeature($point)->wait();
 ```
 
-As you can see, we create and populate a request object, i.e. an `examples\Point` object. Then, we call the method on the stub, passing it the request object. If there is no error, then we can read the response information from the server from our response object, i.e. an `examples\Feature` object.
+As you can see, we create and populate a request object, i.e. an `routeguide\Point` object. Then, we call the method on the stub, passing it the request object. If there is no error, then we can read the response information from the server from our response object, i.e. an `routeguide\Feature` object.
 
 ```php
   print sprintf("Found %s \n  at %f, %f\n", $feature->getName(),
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ As you can see, we create and populate a request object, i.e. an `examples\Point
 Now let's look at our streaming methods. Here's where we call the server-side streaming method `ListFeatures`, which returns a stream of geographical `Feature`s:
 
 ```php
-  $lo_point = new examples\Point();
-  $hi_point = new examples\Point();
+  $lo_point = new routeguide\Point();
+  $hi_point = new routeguide\Point();
 
   $lo_point->setLatitude(400000000);
   $lo_point->setLongitude(-750000000);
   $hi_point->setLatitude(420000000);
   $hi_point->setLongitude(-730000000);
 
-  $rectangle = new examples\Rectangle();
+  $rectangle = new routeguide\Rectangle();
   $rectangle->setLo($lo_point);
   $rectangle->setHi($hi_point);
 
@@ -219,12 +219,12 @@ Now let's look at our streaming methods. Here's where we call the server-side st
 
 The `$call->responses()` method call returns an iterator. When the server sends a response, a `$feature` object will be returned in the `foreach` loop, until the server indiciates that there will be no more responses to be sent.
 
-The client-side streaming method `RecordRoute` is similar, except there we pass the method an iterator and get back a `examples\RouteSummary`.
+The client-side streaming method `RecordRoute` is similar, except there we pass the method an iterator and get back a `routeguide\RouteSummary`.
 
 ```php
   $points_iter = function($db) {
     for ($i = 0; $i < $num_points; $i++) {
-      $point = new examples\Point();
+      $point = new routeguide\Point();
       $point->setLatitude($lat);
       $point->setLongitude($long);
       yield $point;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ To write messages from the client:
 
 ```php
   foreach ($notes as $n) {
-    $route_note = new examples\RouteNote();
+    $route_note = new routerguide\RouteNote();
     $call->write($route_note);
   }
   $call->writesDone();
diff --git a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.php b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.php
index a836e03b55b..634dfe01aa7 100644
--- a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.php
+++ b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Source: route_guide.proto
 //   Date: 2015-06-12 00:32:41
 
-namespace examples {
+namespace routeguide {
 
   class Point extends \DrSlump\Protobuf\Message {
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace examples {
 
     public static function descriptor()
     {
-      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'examples.Point');
+      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'routeguide.Point');
 
       // OPTIONAL INT32 latitude = 1
       $f = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Field();
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <latitude> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function clearLatitude(){
       return $this->_clear(1);
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <latitude> value
      *
      * @param int $value
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function setLatitude( $value){
       return $this->_set(1, $value);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <longitude> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function clearLongitude(){
       return $this->_clear(2);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <longitude> value
      *
      * @param int $value
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function setLongitude( $value){
       return $this->_set(2, $value);
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ namespace examples {
   }
 }
 
-namespace examples {
+namespace routeguide {
 
   class Rectangle extends \DrSlump\Protobuf\Message {
 
-    /**  @var \examples\Point */
+    /**  @var \routeguide\Point */
     public $lo = null;
     
-    /**  @var \examples\Point */
+    /**  @var \routeguide\Point */
     public $hi = null;
     
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace examples {
 
     public static function descriptor()
     {
-      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'examples.Rectangle');
+      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'routeguide.Rectangle');
 
       // OPTIONAL MESSAGE lo = 1
       $f = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Field();
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace examples {
       $f->name      = "lo";
       $f->type      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::TYPE_MESSAGE;
       $f->rule      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::RULE_OPTIONAL;
-      $f->reference = '\examples\Point';
+      $f->reference = '\routeguide\Point';
       $descriptor->addField($f);
 
       // OPTIONAL MESSAGE hi = 2
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ namespace examples {
       $f->name      = "hi";
       $f->type      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::TYPE_MESSAGE;
       $f->rule      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::RULE_OPTIONAL;
-      $f->reference = '\examples\Point';
+      $f->reference = '\routeguide\Point';
       $descriptor->addField($f);
 
       foreach (self::$__extensions as $cb) {
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <lo> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Rectangle
+     * @return \routeguide\Rectangle
      */
     public function clearLo(){
       return $this->_clear(1);
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Get <lo> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function getLo(){
       return $this->_get(1);
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Set <lo> value
      *
-     * @param \examples\Point $value
-     * @return \examples\Rectangle
+     * @param \routeguide\Point $value
+     * @return \routeguide\Rectangle
      */
-    public function setLo(\examples\Point $value){
+    public function setLo(\routeguide\Point $value){
       return $this->_set(1, $value);
     }
     
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <hi> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Rectangle
+     * @return \routeguide\Rectangle
      */
     public function clearHi(){
       return $this->_clear(2);
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Get <hi> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function getHi(){
       return $this->_get(2);
@@ -232,23 +232,23 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Set <hi> value
      *
-     * @param \examples\Point $value
-     * @return \examples\Rectangle
+     * @param \routeguide\Point $value
+     * @return \routeguide\Rectangle
      */
-    public function setHi(\examples\Point $value){
+    public function setHi(\routeguide\Point $value){
       return $this->_set(2, $value);
     }
   }
 }
 
-namespace examples {
+namespace routeguide {
 
   class Feature extends \DrSlump\Protobuf\Message {
 
     /**  @var string */
     public $name = null;
     
-    /**  @var \examples\Point */
+    /**  @var \routeguide\Point */
     public $location = null;
     
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ namespace examples {
 
     public static function descriptor()
     {
-      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'examples.Feature');
+      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'routeguide.Feature');
 
       // OPTIONAL STRING name = 1
       $f = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Field();
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ namespace examples {
       $f->name      = "location";
       $f->type      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::TYPE_MESSAGE;
       $f->rule      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::RULE_OPTIONAL;
-      $f->reference = '\examples\Point';
+      $f->reference = '\routeguide\Point';
       $descriptor->addField($f);
 
       foreach (self::$__extensions as $cb) {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <name> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Feature
+     * @return \routeguide\Feature
      */
     public function clearName(){
       return $this->_clear(1);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <name> value
      *
      * @param string $value
-     * @return \examples\Feature
+     * @return \routeguide\Feature
      */
     public function setName( $value){
       return $this->_set(1, $value);
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <location> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Feature
+     * @return \routeguide\Feature
      */
     public function clearLocation(){
       return $this->_clear(2);
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Get <location> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function getLocation(){
       return $this->_get(2);
@@ -350,20 +350,20 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Set <location> value
      *
-     * @param \examples\Point $value
-     * @return \examples\Feature
+     * @param \routeguide\Point $value
+     * @return \routeguide\Feature
      */
-    public function setLocation(\examples\Point $value){
+    public function setLocation(\routeguide\Point $value){
       return $this->_set(2, $value);
     }
   }
 }
 
-namespace examples {
+namespace routeguide {
 
   class RouteNote extends \DrSlump\Protobuf\Message {
 
-    /**  @var \examples\Point */
+    /**  @var \routeguide\Point */
     public $location = null;
     
     /**  @var string */
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ namespace examples {
 
     public static function descriptor()
     {
-      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'examples.RouteNote');
+      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'routeguide.RouteNote');
 
       // OPTIONAL MESSAGE location = 1
       $f = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Field();
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ namespace examples {
       $f->name      = "location";
       $f->type      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::TYPE_MESSAGE;
       $f->rule      = \DrSlump\Protobuf::RULE_OPTIONAL;
-      $f->reference = '\examples\Point';
+      $f->reference = '\routeguide\Point';
       $descriptor->addField($f);
 
       // OPTIONAL STRING message = 2
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <location> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\RouteNote
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteNote
      */
     public function clearLocation(){
       return $this->_clear(1);
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Get <location> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\Point
+     * @return \routeguide\Point
      */
     public function getLocation(){
       return $this->_get(1);
@@ -431,10 +431,10 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Set <location> value
      *
-     * @param \examples\Point $value
-     * @return \examples\RouteNote
+     * @param \routeguide\Point $value
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteNote
      */
-    public function setLocation(\examples\Point $value){
+    public function setLocation(\routeguide\Point $value){
       return $this->_set(1, $value);
     }
     
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <message> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\RouteNote
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteNote
      */
     public function clearMessage(){
       return $this->_clear(2);
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <message> value
      *
      * @param string $value
-     * @return \examples\RouteNote
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteNote
      */
     public function setMessage( $value){
       return $this->_set(2, $value);
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ namespace examples {
   }
 }
 
-namespace examples {
+namespace routeguide {
 
   class RouteSummary extends \DrSlump\Protobuf\Message {
 
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ namespace examples {
 
     public static function descriptor()
     {
-      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'examples.RouteSummary');
+      $descriptor = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Descriptor(__CLASS__, 'routeguide.RouteSummary');
 
       // OPTIONAL INT32 point_count = 1
       $f = new \DrSlump\Protobuf\Field();
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <point_count> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function clearPointCount(){
       return $this->_clear(1);
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <point_count> value
      *
      * @param int $value
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function setPointCount( $value){
       return $this->_set(1, $value);
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <feature_count> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function clearFeatureCount(){
       return $this->_clear(2);
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <feature_count> value
      *
      * @param int $value
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function setFeatureCount( $value){
       return $this->_set(2, $value);
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <distance> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function clearDistance(){
       return $this->_clear(3);
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <distance> value
      *
      * @param int $value
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function setDistance( $value){
       return $this->_set(3, $value);
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ namespace examples {
     /**
      * Clear <elapsed_time> value
      *
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function clearElapsedTime(){
       return $this->_clear(4);
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ namespace examples {
      * Set <elapsed_time> value
      *
      * @param int $value
-     * @return \examples\RouteSummary
+     * @return \routeguide\RouteSummary
      */
     public function setElapsedTime( $value){
       return $this->_set(4, $value);
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ namespace examples {
   }
 }
 
-namespace examples {
+namespace routeguide {
 
   class RouteGuideClient{
 
@@ -704,28 +704,28 @@ namespace examples {
       $this->rpc_impl = $rpc_impl;
     }
     /**
-     * @param examples\Point $input
+     * @param routeguide\Point $input
      */
-    public function GetFeature(\examples\Point $argument, $metadata = array()) {
-      return $this->rpc_impl->_simpleRequest('/examples.RouteGuide/GetFeature', $argument, '\examples\Feature::deserialize', $metadata);
+    public function GetFeature(\routeguide\Point $argument, $metadata = array()) {
+      return $this->rpc_impl->_simpleRequest('/routeguide.RouteGuide/GetFeature', $argument, '\routeguide\Feature::deserialize', $metadata);
     }
     /**
-     * @param examples\Rectangle $input
+     * @param routeguide\Rectangle $input
      */
     public function ListFeatures($argument, $metadata = array()) {
-      return $this->rpc_impl->_serverStreamRequest('/examples.RouteGuide/ListFeatures', $argument, '\examples\Feature::deserialize', $metadata);
+      return $this->rpc_impl->_serverStreamRequest('/routeguide.RouteGuide/ListFeatures', $argument, '\routeguide\Feature::deserialize', $metadata);
     }
     /**
-     * @param examples\Point $input
+     * @param routeguide\Point $input
      */
     public function RecordRoute($arguments, $metadata = array()) {
-      return $this->rpc_impl->_clientStreamRequest('/examples.RouteGuide/RecordRoute', $arguments, '\examples\RouteSummary::deserialize', $metadata);
+      return $this->rpc_impl->_clientStreamRequest('/routeguide.RouteGuide/RecordRoute', $arguments, '\routeguide\RouteSummary::deserialize', $metadata);
     }
     /**
-     * @param examples\RouteNote $input
+     * @param routeguide\RouteNote $input
      */
     public function RouteChat($metadata = array()) {
-      return $this->rpc_impl->_bidiRequest('/examples.RouteGuide/RouteChat', '\examples\RouteNote::deserialize', $metadata);
+      return $this->rpc_impl->_bidiRequest('/routeguide.RouteGuide/RouteChat', '\routeguide\RouteNote::deserialize', $metadata);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.proto b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.proto
index 0947184dbbd..d50f8a51692 100644
--- a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.proto
+++ b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide.proto
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ syntax = "proto2";
 
 option java_package = "io.grpc.examples";
 
-package examples;
+package routeguide;
 
 // Interface exported by the server.
 service RouteGuide {
diff --git a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_client.php b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_client.php
index 6d9ae58b66c..d21a080995d 100644
--- a/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_client.php
+++ b/examples/php/route_guide/route_guide_client.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require dirname(__FILE__) . '/route_guide.php';
 
 define('COORD_FACTOR', 1e7);
 
-$client = new examples\RouteGuideClient(
+$client = new routeguide\RouteGuideClient(
   new Grpc\BaseStub('localhost:50051', []));
 
 function printFeature($feature) {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ function runGetFeature() {
   print "Running GetFeature...\n";
   global $client;
 
-  $point = new examples\Point();
+  $point = new routeguide\Point();
   $points = array(
     array(409146138, -746188906),
     array(0, 0),
@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ function runListFeatures() {
   print "Running ListFeatures...\n";
   global $client;
 
-  $lo_point = new examples\Point();
-  $hi_point = new examples\Point();
+  $lo_point = new routeguide\Point();
+  $hi_point = new routeguide\Point();
 
   $lo_point->setLatitude(400000000);
   $lo_point->setLongitude(-750000000);
   $hi_point->setLatitude(420000000);
   $hi_point->setLongitude(-730000000);
 
-  $rectangle = new examples\Rectangle();
+  $rectangle = new routeguide\Rectangle();
   $rectangle->setLo($lo_point);
   $rectangle->setHi($hi_point);
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function runRecordRoute() {
     $num_points_in_db = count($db);
     $num_points = 10;
     for ($i = 0; $i < $num_points; $i++) {
-      $point = new examples\Point();
+      $point = new routeguide\Point();
       $index = rand(0, $num_points_in_db - 1);
       $lat = $db[$index]['location']['latitude'];
       $long = $db[$index]['location']['longitude'];
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ function runRouteChat() {
   );
 
   foreach ($notes as $n) {
-    $point = new examples\Point();
+    $point = new routeguide\Point();
     $point->setLatitude($lat = $n[0]);
     $point->setLongitude($long = $n[1]);
 
-    $route_note = new examples\RouteNote();
+    $route_note = new routeguide\RouteNote();
     $route_note->setLocation($point);
     $route_note->setMessage($message = $n[2]);