## Documentation

The official PHP client provides a low-level client for communicating with an Elasticsearch cluster.

### Get to know the PHP client

#### Connecting

- Installing the client
- Connecting to Elasticsearch
- Configuring the client

#### Using the PHP client

- Indexing documents
- Getting documents
- Searching documents
- Deleting documents
- Updating documents
- Index management

#### Developer docs

- Client helpers
- Release notes

### Explore by use case

#### Search my data

Create search experiences for your content, wherever it lives.

#### Observe my data

Follow our guides to monitor logs, metrics, and traces.

#### Protect my environment

Learn how to defend against threats across your environment.

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