# Google Vision PHP Sample Application

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## Description

This simple command-line application demonstrates how to invoke
[Google Vision API][vision-api] from PHP.

[vision-api]: https://cloud.google.com/vision/docs/quickstart-client-libraries

## Build and Run
1.  **Enable APIs** - [Enable the Vision API](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=vision.googleapis.com)
    and create a new project or select an existing project.
2.  **Download The Credentials** - Click "Go to credentials" after enabling the APIs. Click "New Credentials"
    and select "Service Account Key". Create a new service account, use the JSON key type, and
    select "Create". Once downloaded, set the environment variable `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`
    to the path of the JSON key that was downloaded.
3.  **Clone the repo** and cd into this directory
```
    $ git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples
    $ cd php-docs-samples/vision
```
4.  **Install dependencies** via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md).
    Run `php composer.phar install` (if composer is installed locally) or `composer install`
    (if composer is installed globally).
5.  For a basic demonstration of the Cloud Vision API, run `php quickstart.php`.
6.  Execute the snippets in the [src/](src/) directory by running
    `php src/SNIPPET_NAME.php`. The usage will print for each if no arguments
    are provided:
    ```sh
    $ php src/detext_face.php
    Usage: php src/detext_face.php <PATH>

    $ php src/detect_face.php 'path/to/your/image.jpg'
    ```
## The client library

This sample uses the [Cloud Vision Client Library for PHP][google-cloud-php-vision].
You can read the documentation for more details on API usage and use GitHub
to [browse the source][google-cloud-php-source] and [report issues][google-cloud-php-issues].

## Troubleshooting

If you get the following error, set the environment variable `GCLOUD_PROJECT` to your project ID:

```
[Google\Cloud\Core\Exception\GoogleException]
No project ID was provided, and we were unable to detect a default project ID.
```

If you have not set a timezone you may get an error from php. This can be resolved by:

  1. Finding where the php.ini is stored by running `php -i | grep 'Configuration File'`
  1. Finding out your timezone from the list on this page: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
  1. Editing the php.ini file (or creating one if it doesn't exist)
  1. Adding the timezone to the php.ini file e.g., adding the following line: `date.timezone = "America/Los_Angeles"`

[google-cloud-php-vision]: https://cloud.google.com/php/docs/reference/cloud-vision/latest
[google-cloud-php-source]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-php
[google-cloud-php-issues]: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-php/issues

## Contributing changes

* See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Licensing

* See [LICENSE](../LICENSE)