PHP quick start

This quick start lets you get an end-to-end implementation up and running using the PHP SDK in 5 minutes or less.

Prerequisites

1. Set up and configure the SDK

Install the SDK

Use Composer to manage your PHP library dependency, and install Cloudinary's PHP library.

1. Update your composer.json file as follows:

   composer.json

2. Automatically install dependencies, including Cloudinary's PHP package, by running the following command in the root folder of your project:

Configure Cloudinary

Within a new file based on an empty HTML template called 'php_quickstart', use your API environment variable to configure your credentials (replace cloudinary://my_key:my_secret@my_cloud_name below with your environment variable value):

2. Upload an image

Use the upload method of the UploadApi class to upload assets to Cloudinary. The code is encased in HTML to format and display the response:

3. Get info about the image

Use the asset method of the AdminApi class to return the details of our uploaded asset. The code is encased in HTML to format and display the response:

4. Transform and deliver the image

Use the imageTag method to generate the full image URL based on the specified transformation parameters and add the image tag to your HTML code:

5. Run your code

Run your php_quickstart.php file and take a look at the output you get from each step of this quick start.

View the completed code

The sample code for this quick start can be forked from GitHub.

Next steps

• Learn more about the PHP SDK by visiting the other pages in this SDK guide.
• Get comprehensive details about Cloudinary features and capabilities:
  • Upload guide: Provides details and examples of the upload options.
  • Image transformations guide: Provides details and examples of the transformations you can apply to image assets.
  • Video transformations guide: Provides details and examples of the transformations you can apply to video assets.
  • Transformation URL API Reference: Provides details and examples of all available transformation parameters.
  • Admin API guide: Provides details and examples of the methods available for managing and organizing your media assets.