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+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+$GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'] = '../../lib/php/src';
+
+require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'].'/Thrift.php';
+require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'].'/protocol/TBinaryProtocol.php';
+require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'].'/transport/TSocket.php';
+require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'].'/transport/TBufferedTransport.php';
+
+/**
+ * Suppress errors in here, which happen because we have not installed into
+ * $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'].'/packages/tutorial' like we are supposed to!
+ *
+ * Normally we would only have to include Calculator.php which would properly
+ * include the other files from their packages/ folder locations, but we
+ * include everything here due to the bogus path setup.
+ */
+error_reporting(E_NONE);
+$GEN_DIR = '../gen-php';
+require_once $GEN_DIR.'/SharedService.php';
+require_once $GEN_DIR.'/shared_types.php';
+require_once $GEN_DIR.'/Calculator.php';
+require_once $GEN_DIR.'/tutorial_types.php';
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+
+$socket = new TSocket('localhost', 9090);
+$transport = new TBufferedTransport($socket, 1024, 1024);
+$protocol = new TBinaryProtocol($transport);
+$client = new CalculatorClient($protocol);
+
+$transport->open();
+
+$client->ping();
+print "ping()\n";
+
+$sum = $client->add(1,1);
+print "1+1=$sum\n";
+
+$work = new tutorial_Work();
+
+$work->op = tutorial_Operation::DIVIDE;
+$work->num1 = 1;
+$work->num2 = 0;
+
+try {
+  $client->calculate(1, $work);
+  print "Whoa! We can divide by zero?\n";
+} catch (tutorial_InvalidOperation $io) {
+  print "InvalidOperation: $io->why\n";
+}
+
+$work->op = tutorial_Operation::SUBTRACT;
+$work->num1 = 15;
+$work->num2 = 10;
+$diff = $client->calculate(1, $work);
+print "15-10=$diff\n";
+
+$log = $client->getStruct(1);
+print "Log: $log->value\n";
+
+$transport->close();
+
+?>