| What the Avro PHP library is |
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| A library for using [Avro](http://avro.apache.org/) with PHP. |
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| Requirements |
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| * PHP 5 |
| * On 32-bit platforms, the [GMP PHP extension](http://php.net/gmp) |
| * For testing, [PHPUnit](http://www.phpunit.de/) |
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| Both GMP and PHPUnit are often available via package management |
| systems as `php5-gmp` and `phpunit`, respectively. |
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| Getting started |
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| Untar the avro-php distribution, untar it, and put it in your include path: |
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| tar xjf avro-php.tar.bz2 # avro-php.tar.bz2 is likely avro-php-1.4.0.tar.bz2 |
| cp avro-php /path/to/where/you/want/it |
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| Require the avro.php file in your source, and you should be good to go: |
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| <?php |
| require_once('avro-php/avro.php'); |
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| If you're pulling from source, put `lib/` in your include path and require `lib/avro.php`: |
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| <?php |
| require_once('lib/avro.php'); |
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| Take a look in `examples/` for usage. |
