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🎉 Production-Ready Enterprise-Grade LLM Library

A comprehensive, battle-tested PHP 8.2+ library providing a unified interface for interacting with multiple LLM providers. Built for production with persistence, logging, rate limiting, caching, metrics, middleware, and more.

Latest: All Priority 2 features complete! Embeddings, Middleware, Advanced Streaming, Metrics & Monitoring. ✅

✨ Features

🔥 Core Capabilities

• 7 LLM Providers - OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, xAI, OpenRouter, Ollama
• Unified Interface - Same code works across all providers
• Streaming Support - Real-time response streaming with pause/resume/cancel
• Structured Output - Type-safe JSON with automatic hydration
• Tool/Function Calling - Let LLMs use your PHP functions
• Agents - Autonomous multi-iteration problem solving with tool integration
• Workflows - Multi-step orchestration with variable interpolation and human-in-the-loop
• Embeddings & RAG - Semantic search and retrieval-augmented generation
• Multi-Modal - Text, images, files, audio (provider-dependent)

🚀 Production-Ready Infrastructure

• 💾 Persistence - Database, Redis, File storage for conversations
• 📊 Logging - Database and File logging with analytics dashboard
• 🚦 Rate Limiting - Memory, Redis, Database rate limiters (distributed)
• ⚡ Caching - Redis, Memcached, Database, File, Array caches
• 🔄 Retry Logic - Exponential backoff on failures
• 📈 Metrics - Prometheus export, dashboards, real-time monitoring
• 🔧 Middleware - Intercept and transform requests/responses

🎯 Developer Experience

• Token Counter - Estimate costs before making calls
• Config Validator - Catch errors before API calls
• Prompt Templates - Reusable templates with variables
• Agents & Workflows - Autonomous AI and multi-step pipelines
• Testing Support - Built-in fakes for unit tests
• Comprehensive Docs - Examples for every feature

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• PHP 8.2+
• Composer
• An API key from your preferred provider (get OpenAI key at https://platform.openai.com/api-keys)

Step 1: Install Dependencies

composer require arturas88/anyllm
composer require guzzlehttp/guzzle

Step 2: Configure API Key

Get your API key: https://platform.openai.com/api-keys

Then set it up:

# Option 1: Create .env file (recommended)
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and replace 'sk-your-openai-api-key-here' with your actual key
nano .env  # or use your preferred editor

# Option 2: Export directly (temporary, for current session only)
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-your-actual-key-here

Important: Make sure to use your actual API key, not the placeholder!

Step 3: Test It Works

composer test

You should see:

✅ Tests: 3, Assertions: 5

Run Your First Example

php examples/basic-usage.php

Expected output:

=== Example 1: Simple Text Generation ===
Response: PHP is a server-side scripting language...
Tokens used: 37

=== Example 2: Chat Conversation ===
Assistant: PHP 8.2 introduced several new features...

🚀 Quick Start

1. Basic Chat

<?php

use AnyLLM\AnyLLM;
use AnyLLM\Enums\Provider;

// Create provider
$llm = AnyLLM::provider(Provider::OpenAI)
    ->apiKey($_ENV['OPENAI_API_KEY'])
    ->model('gpt-4o')
    ->build();

// Simple chat
$response = $llm->generateText('gpt-4o', 'Explain PHP in simple terms');
echo $response->text;

2. Conversation with History

use AnyLLM\Messages\UserMessage;

$messages = [
    new UserMessage('What is PHP?'),
];

$response = $llm->chat('gpt-4o', $messages);
echo $response->content();

3. With Retry & Caching

use AnyLLM\Support\FileCache;

$cache = new FileCache();

// Enable retry logic
$llm->withRetry(maxRetries: 5);

// Cache expensive calls
$result = $cache->remember('llm:question:1', function() use ($llm) {
    return $llm->generateText('gpt-4o', 'What is AI?');
}, 3600);

4. Structured Output

use AnyLLM\StructuredOutput\Attributes\Description;

class Person {
    #[Description('Full name')]
    public string $name;
    
    #[Description('Age in years')]
    public int $age;
}

$response = $llm->generateObject(
    model: 'gpt-4o',
    prompt: 'Extract person from: John Doe is 30 years old',
    schema: Person::class
);

echo $response->object->name; // "John Doe"
echo $response->object->age;  // 30

5. Tool Calling

use AnyLLM\Tools\Tool;

$weatherTool = Tool::fromCallable(
    name: 'get_weather',
    description: 'Get current weather',
    callable: function(string $location): string {
        return "Sunny, 72°F in {$location}";
    }
);

$response = $llm->chat('gpt-4o', [
    new UserMessage('What\'s the weather in Paris?')
], tools: [$weatherTool]);

6. Agents & Workflows

Agents - Autonomous Problem Solving

use AnyLLM\Agents\Agent;
use AnyLLM\Tools\Tool;

// Create an agent with a system prompt
$agent = Agent::create(
    provider: $llm,
    model: 'gpt-4o-mini',
    systemPrompt: 'You are a helpful assistant that solves problems step by step.',
);

// Simple agent execution
$result = $agent->run('What are the main benefits of using PHP?');
echo $result->content;
echo "Iterations: {$result->iterations}";

// Agent with tools
$calculator = Tool::fromCallable(
    name: 'calculator',
    description: 'Perform calculations',
    callable: function(string $expression): array {
        // Safe evaluation logic
        return ['result' => eval("return {$expression};")];
    }
);

$agentWithTools = Agent::create($llm, 'gpt-4o-mini')
    ->withTools($calculator)
    ->withMaxIterations(10);

$result = $agentWithTools->run('Calculate 25 * 4 + 100');
echo $result->content;
foreach ($result->toolExecutions as $execution) {
    echo "Tool: {$execution->name}, Result: " . json_encode($execution->result);
}

Human-in-the-Loop Agents

// Request approval before tool execution
$agent = Agent::create($llm, 'gpt-4o-mini')
    ->withTools($databaseTool)
    ->withBeforeToolExecution(function(string $toolName, array $arguments): bool {
        // Request human approval
        echo "Tool {$toolName} will be called with: " . json_encode($arguments);
        return true; // or false to skip
    })
    ->withAfterToolExecution(function(ToolExecution $execution): mixed {
        // Review/modify tool result
        return $execution->result; // or modified result
    })
    ->withBeforeFinalResponse(function(string $content, array $messages, array $toolExecutions): ?string {
        // Review/modify final response
        return $content; // or modified content
    });

Workflows - Multi-Step Orchestration

use AnyLLM\Agents\Workflow\Workflow;
use AnyLLM\StructuredOutput\Schema;
use AnyLLM\StructuredOutput\Attributes\{Description, ArrayOf};

// Simple workflow with variable interpolation
$workflow = Workflow::create(
    provider: $llm,
    defaultModel: 'gpt-4o-mini',
)
    ->addStep(
        name: 'analyze',
        prompt: 'Analyze this text: {{input}}',
    )
    ->addStep(
        name: 'summarize',
        prompt: 'Summarize the analysis: {{analyze}}',
    )
    ->addStep(
        name: 'recommend',
        prompt: 'Provide recommendations based on: {{summarize}}',
    );

$result = $workflow->run(['input' => 'Your text here']);
echo $result->finalOutput;
foreach ($result->stepResults as $stepName => $stepResult) {
    echo "{$stepName}: {$stepResult->output}\n";
}

Workflows with Structured Output

class ProductAnalysis
{
    #[Description('Product name')]
    public string $productName;
    
    #[Description('Key features')]
    #[ArrayOf('string')]
    public array $features;
}

$workflow = Workflow::create($llm, 'gpt-4o-mini')
    ->addStep(
        name: 'analyze_product',
        prompt: 'Analyze: {{product_description}}',
        outputSchema: Schema::fromClass(ProductAnalysis::class),
    )
    ->addStep(
        name: 'create_marketing_plan',
        prompt: 'Create marketing plan for: {{analyze_product.productName}}',
    );

$result = $workflow->run(['product_description' => 'A mobile app...']);
$analysis = $result->stepResults['analyze_product']->output;
echo $analysis->productName;

Human-in-the-Loop Workflows

$workflow = Workflow::create($llm, 'gpt-4o-mini')
    ->addStep(name: 'draft', prompt: 'Create draft: {{topic}}')
    ->addStep(name: 'review', prompt: 'Review: {{draft}}')
    ->withBeforeStep(function(string $stepName, string $prompt, WorkflowContext $context): bool {
        // Request approval before executing step
        if ($stepName === 'review') {
            echo "Approve review step? (yes/no): ";
            return true; // or false to skip
        }
        return true;
    })
    ->withAfterStep(function(string $stepName, StepResult $result, WorkflowContext $context): ?StepResult {
        // Review/modify step result
        if ($stepName === 'draft') {
            // Allow modifications
            return $result; // or modified StepResult
        }
        return null; // Use original
    });

7. Production Features

Persistence

use AnyLLM\Conversations\ConversationManager;
use AnyLLM\Conversations\Repository\ConversationRepositoryFactory;

// Database persistence
$repository = ConversationRepositoryFactory::create('database', [
    'driver' => 'mysql',
    'host' => 'localhost',
    'database' => 'anyllm',
    'username' => 'root',
    'password' => '',
]);

$manager = new ConversationManager($llm, $repository);

// Conversations persist forever
$conversation = $manager->create('user-123', 'Support Chat');
$manager->addMessage($conversation, 'user', 'Hello!');
$response = $manager->chat($conversation, $llm);

Logging

use AnyLLM\Logging\LoggerFactory;

$logger = LoggerFactory::create('database', $dbConfig);

// All requests are logged
// Query logs, generate analytics, track costs
$stats = $logger->analyze('openai');

Rate Limiting

use AnyLLM\Support\RateLimit\RateLimiterFactory;

$limiter = RateLimiterFactory::create('redis', $redisConfig);

// Prevent abuse
$limiter->attempt(
    key: "user:{$userId}",
    callback: fn() => $llm->chat($messages),
    maxAttempts: 10,
    decaySeconds: 60
);

Caching

use AnyLLM\Support\Cache\CacheFactory;

$cache = CacheFactory::create('redis', $redisConfig);

// Massive cost savings
$response = $cache->remember('prompt:' . md5($prompt), function() use ($llm, $prompt) {
    return $llm->generateText('gpt-4o', $prompt);
}, 3600);

6. Embeddings & Semantic Search

$texts = [
    'The cat sat on the mat',
    'A feline rested on a rug',
];

$embeddings = $llm->embed('text-embedding-3-small', $texts);

// Check similarity
$similarity = $embeddings->similarity(0, 1);
echo "Similarity: " . number_format($similarity, 4); // 0.9234

// Or find similar texts
$queryEmbedding = $llm->embed('text-embedding-3-small', 'What is AI?');
$results = \AnyLLM\Support\VectorMath::kNearest(
    $queryEmbedding->getEmbedding(0),
    $embeddings->embeddings,
    k: 3
);

Middleware Pipeline

use AnyLLM\Middleware\MiddlewarePipeline;
use AnyLLM\Middleware\CachingMiddleware;
use AnyLLM\Middleware\LoggingMiddleware;
use AnyLLM\Middleware\RateLimitMiddleware;

$pipeline = new MiddlewarePipeline([
    new RateLimitMiddleware($limiter),
    new CachingMiddleware($cache),
    new LoggingMiddleware($logger),
]);

// All requests go through middleware automatically

Streaming with Controls

use AnyLLM\Streaming\StreamController;

$controller = new StreamController();

$controller
    ->onChunk(fn($content) => echo $content)
    ->onProgress(fn($progress) => updateUI($progress))
    ->onComplete(fn($content, $tokens) => log("Done: {$tokens} tokens"));

// Supports pause/resume/cancel
$controller->pause();
$controller->resume();
$controller->cancel();

Metrics Dashboard

use AnyLLM\Metrics\MetricsCollector;
use AnyLLM\Metrics\MetricsDashboard;

$metrics = new MetricsCollector();

// Track everything
$metrics->recordRequest('openai', 'gpt-4o', 'chat');
$metrics->recordLatency('openai', 'gpt-4o', 1234);
$metrics->recordTokens('openai', 'gpt-4o', 150);
$metrics->recordCost('openai', 'gpt-4o', 0.0075);

// View real-time dashboard
$dashboard = new MetricsDashboard($metrics);
echo $dashboard->render(); // or renderHtml()

// Export for Prometheus/Grafana
echo $metrics->exportPrometheus();

🎯 Supported Providers

📚 Documentation

• Changelog - Version history
• Contributing - How to contribute
• Troubleshooting - Common issues & solutions 🔧
• Database Schema - Database structure reference

💡 Examples

Comprehensive examples for every feature:

php examples/basic-usage.php              # Getting started
php examples/all-providers-demo.php       # All 7 providers
php examples/embeddings-example.php       # Embeddings & RAG
php examples/middleware-example.php       # Middleware system
php examples/streaming-advanced.php       # Advanced streaming
php examples/metrics-example.php          # Metrics & monitoring
php examples/conversation-persistence.php # Persistent conversations
php examples/logging-example.php          # Logging & analytics
php examples/rate-limiting-example.php    # Rate limiting
php examples/cache-drivers-example.php    # Caching strategies
php examples/quick-wins-demo.php          # All quick wins
php examples/agent-basic.php              # Basic agent usage
php examples/agent-with-tools.php         # Agents with tool calling
php examples/agent-human-in-loop.php     # Human-in-the-loop agents
php examples/workflow-basic.php           # Basic workflows
php examples/workflow-advanced.php        # Advanced workflow patterns
php examples/workflow-human-in-loop.php   # Human-in-the-loop workflows
php examples/async-promise-example.php    # Async/promise support
php examples/batch-processing-example.php # Batch processing
php examples/content-moderation-example.php # Content moderation

🛠️ Quick Commands

# Run tests
composer test

# Check code style
composer cs-fix -- --dry-run

# Run static analysis
composer phpstan

# View test coverage
composer test-coverage
open coverage/index.html

# Run specific example
php examples/embeddings-example.php
php examples/streaming-advanced.php
php examples/middleware-example.php

🏗️ Architecture

AnyLLM
├── 7 Provider Implementations
├── Unified Interface & Message System
├── Structured Output & Tool Calling
├── Agents & Workflows
├── Embeddings & Vector Math
│
├── Infrastructure
│   ├── Persistence (DB/Redis/File)
│   ├── Logging (DB/File + Analytics)
│   ├── Rate Limiting (Memory/Redis/DB)
│   ├── Caching (Redis/Memcached/DB/File)
│   └── Metrics (Prometheus/JSON export)
│
├── Middleware System
│   ├── Request/Response Interception
│   ├── Built-in Middleware
│   └── Custom Middleware Support
│
├── Advanced Streaming
│   ├── Pause/Resume/Cancel
│   ├── Real-time Token Counting
│   └── SSE Formatting
│
└── Developer Tools
    ├── Token Counter
    ├── Config Validator
    ├── Prompt Templates
    └── Testing Support

⚡ Performance

With Caching (Redis)

• 200-600x faster than API calls
• 100% cost savings on cache hits
• Perfect for: Identical prompts, embeddings, common queries

With Conversation Summarization

• 60-80% token reduction after threshold
• Massive cost savings on long conversations
• Context preserved with intelligent summaries

With Rate Limiting

• Prevents runaway costs
• Protects against abuse
• Multi-tier subscription support

🔧 Configuration

Create config/any-llm.php:

return [
    'providers' => [
        'openai' => [
            'api_key' => env('OPENAI_API_KEY'),
            'default_model' => 'gpt-4o',
        ],
    ],
    
    'conversations' => [
        'repository' => 'database', // or 'redis', 'file'
        'driver' => 'sqlite', // or 'mysql', 'pgsql'
        'database' => __DIR__ . '/database/anyllm.sqlite', // SQLite path
        'auto_summarize' => true,
    ],
    
    'logging' => [
        'driver' => 'database', // or 'file'
        'database_driver' => 'sqlite', // or 'mysql', 'pgsql'
        'enabled' => true,
    ],
    
    'cache' => [
        'driver' => 'database', // or 'redis', 'memcached', 'file'
        'database_driver' => 'sqlite', // for database cache
        'default_ttl' => 3600,
    ],
    
    'rate_limiting' => [
        'driver' => 'database', // or 'redis', 'memory'
        'database_driver' => 'sqlite', // for database rate limiter
        'max_attempts' => 100,
        'decay_seconds' => 60,
    ],
];

🗄️ Database Setup

SQLite (Recommended for Local Development)

Perfect for local development - no server setup required:

use AnyLLM\Conversations\Repository\ConversationRepositoryFactory;

$repository = ConversationRepositoryFactory::create('database', [
    'driver' => 'sqlite',
    'database' => __DIR__ . '/database/anyllm.sqlite',
]);

MySQL/PostgreSQL (Production)

# Run migrations
php artisan migrate

# Or run SQL directly
mysql database < database/migrations/create_llm_logs_table.php
mysql database < database/migrations/create_llm_conversations_table.php
mysql database < database/migrations/create_llm_messages_table.php

Supported Databases:

• ✅ SQLite - Perfect for local development (zero setup)
• ✅ MySQL - Production-ready, high performance
• ✅ PostgreSQL - Advanced features, JSON support

🎯 Best Practices

1. Always Use Retry Logic

$llm->withRetry(maxRetries: 5)->chat($messages);

2. Cache Expensive Calls

$cache->remember($key, fn() => $llm->embed($texts), 3600);

3. Monitor Usage

$logger->analyze(); // Get cost and usage stats

4. Set Rate Limits

$limiter->attempt($userKey, $callback, maxAttempts: 10);

5. Use Conversations for Chat

$manager->chat($conversation, $llm); // Auto-saves, auto-summarizes

🧪 Testing

use AnyLLM\Testing\FakeProvider;

$fake = (new FakeProvider())
    ->willReturn('Hello!');

$response = $fake->generateText(
    model: 'fake-model',
    prompt: 'Say hello',
);

// Make assertions
$fake->assertCalled('generateText');
$fake->assertCalledTimes('generateText', 1);

🔧 Common Issues & Troubleshooting

Issue 1: "OPENAI_API_KEY not set"

Solution: Make sure you created the .env file with your API key:

cat .env  # Should show: OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

Issue 2: "cURL error 77: certificate file"

This happens with some local PHP environments (like Laravel Herd).

Solution: Set the certificate path or disable SSL verification (development only):

# Option 1: Download certificates
curl https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem -o cacert.pem
export CURL_CA_BUNDLE=$(pwd)/cacert.pem

# Option 2: Disable SSL verification (NOT for production!)
export CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER=false

Issue 3: "Class not found"

Solution: Regenerate the autoloader:

composer dump-autoload

Issue 4: Example returns empty response

Possible causes:

• Invalid API key
• Rate limit exceeded
• Model doesn't support the feature
• Network connectivity issue

Debug:

# Test basic connectivity
php -r "require 'bootstrap.php'; \$llm = AnyLLM\AnyLLM::openai(apiKey: \$_ENV['OPENAI_API_KEY']); var_dump(\$llm);"

API Key Issues

// Validate API key
use AnyLLM\Config\ConfigValidator;
ConfigValidator::requireApiKey($apiKey, 'OpenAI');

Rate Limits

// Check remaining attempts
$remaining = $limiter->remaining($key, $maxAttempts);

Token Issues

// Estimate tokens before calling
use AnyLLM\Support\TokenCounter;
$tokens = TokenCounter::estimate($text, 'gpt-4');

Debugging

Debug HTTP requests and responses to see exactly what's being sent to and received from LLM providers:

// Enable debugging (logs to stdout by default)
$llm = $llm->withDebugging();

// With custom logger
$llm = $llm->withDebugging(function(string $type, array $data) {
    // $type is 'REQUEST', 'RESPONSE', or 'CHUNK'
    error_log(json_encode(['type' => $type, 'data' => $data]));
});

// Show full base64 content (default: truncated for readability)
$llm = $llm->withDebugging(showFullBase64: true);

// Disable debugging
$llm = $llm->withoutDebugging();

// Enable via config
$llm = AnyLLM::provider(Provider::OpenAI)
    ->apiKey($key)
    ->option('debug', true)
    ->build();

The debug output shows:

• REQUEST: Full request payload (method, endpoint, data)
• RESPONSE: Complete response from the API
• CHUNK: Streaming response chunks

Base64-encoded content (images, PDFs, etc.) is automatically truncated in logs for readability, but you can show full content with showFullBase64: true.

🚢 Production Checklist

• Configure API keys securely
• Set up database (run migrations)
• Configure Redis for caching & rate limiting
• Enable logging (database or file)
• Set appropriate rate limits
• Enable retry logic
• Configure conversation summarization
• Set up metrics monitoring
• Test in staging environment
• Review security (API key storage)

📊 Benchmarks

• API Response: 1-3 seconds (provider-dependent)
• Cache Hit: 5-10ms (200-600x faster!)
• Token Estimation: ~0.1ms per 1000 chars
• Database Query: 10-50ms
• Redis Cache: 1-5ms

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! The library is designed for easy extension:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Add tests for new features
4. Submit a pull request

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Credits

Built with ❤️ using PHP 8.2+, Guzzle, and modern PHP best practices.

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