# Integrating with a PHP project

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/integrating-with-a-php-project/4690>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous\
**Tags:** chatsdk\
**Created:** [May 19, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/integrating-with-a-php-project/4690 "2022-05-19T11:36:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mi117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@mi117](https://community.sendbird.com/u/mi117)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/integrating-with-a-php-project/4690/1 "2022-05-19T11:36:30Z")

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Possibly a beginner question here…

I have a project that I am coding using PHP for the backend for an app to be on iOS. I want to build a chat function for groups of people in the app.

How do I integrate sendbird with my backend? Which documentation/SDK do I use?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Adam.Oleksiak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/adam.oleksiak/32/2239_2.png) [@Adam.Oleksiak](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Adam.Oleksiak)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/integrating-with-a-php-project/4690/2 "2022-05-19T13:55:16Z")

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Hi @mi117 and welcome to the Sendbird community!

You can use the Sendbird Platform API with your backend, the documentation can be found here [Overview | Chat Platform API | Chat Platform API | Sendbird Docs](https://sendbird.com/docs/chat/v3/platform-api/overview).

With the Platform API you can manage your Sendbird application’s users, messages, channels and other chat resources through a RESTful API.

For iOS you would either use the iOS SDK or the iOS UIKit.

The iOS Chat SKD gives you full control over integrating chat functionality [Send your first message | Chat iOS SDK | Sendbird Docs](https://sendbird.com/docs/chat/v4/ios/quickstart/send-first-message)  
While the iOS Chat UIKit allows for a faster implementation through customizable components. [Overview | UIKit for iOS | UIKit iOS SDK | Sendbird Docs](https://sendbird.com/docs/uikit/v3/ios/overview)

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**Author:** ![mi117](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@mi117](https://community.sendbird.com/u/mi117)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/integrating-with-a-php-project/4690/3 "2022-05-19T15:40:54Z")

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Thanks for the reply Adam! Will dig in the documentation. Will ask if I have any other questions after I read the documentation.