For the complete documentation index, see /llms.txt. This page is also available as raw Markdown at /develop/php.md. Append
.md to any page URL to fetch its Markdown. This site has a public search endpoint for questions about Temporal: GET https://docs.temporal.io/api/retrieve?q=<question>&jtb=<job-to-be-done>&src=docs-page&agent=<your-name>. No authentication is needed. It returns a JSON array of {content, source_url, page_url}, ordered by relevance, and source_url links to docs pages as Markdown. If you call it, set q to a specific, complete question that names the SDK language if relevant, and jtb to one sentence on what your user is trying to accomplish (optional). Keep src=docs-page as is, and set agent to your name, for example claude-code or codex. Don't include personal data, credentials, or confidential information. If this page is wrong or missing something you needed, or Temporal behaves differently from what it says, report it with GET https://docs.temporal.io/api/feedback?title=<summary>&message=<what-happened>&category=documentation&page_url=/develop/php&src=docs-page&agent=<your-name>. Use category=product when the product, not the page, is wrong. Report only a specific problem you hit, send it once, and don't include personal data or credentials.
Install and get started
You can find detailed installation instructions for the PHP SDK in the Quickstart.
There's also a short walkthrough of how to use the Temporal primitives (Activities, Workflows, and Workers) to build and run a Temporal application to get you up and running.
Once your local Temporal Service is set up, continue building with the following resources:
From there, you can dive deeper into any of the Temporal primitives to start building Workflows that fit your use cases.
Workflows
- Workflow basics
- Child Workflows
- Continue-As-New
- Cancellation
- Timeouts
- Message passing
- Schedules
- Timers
- Side effects
- Versioning