AI Integration

Prisma PHP is built for the AI-native era. Whether you are generating text with OpenAI or exposing your database as tools via MCP, the framework gets out of your way and lets you use the best libraries available.

1. Install the Client

Prisma PHP is unopinionated. You can install any AI SDK, but for the best experience with ChatGPT and compatible providers, we use the standard OpenAI PHP client.

composer require openai-php/client

2. Configure Secrets

Add your API key to the .env file in your project root.

OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."

3. Make a Request

In Prisma PHP, API calls and logic are typically handled in route.php. Here is a simple example of creating a chat completion route.

// Initialize the client
$client = OpenAI::client(env('OPENAI_API_KEY'));

// Define an API endpoint
if ($this->resource('api/chat', 'POST')) {
    
    $input = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
    
    $result = $client->chat()->create([
        'model' => 'gpt-4o',
        'messages' => [
            ['role' => 'user', 'content' => $input['message']],
        ],
    ]);

    echo json_encode([
        'response' => $result->choices[0]->message->content
    ]);
    exit;
}