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If you have a non-library SendGrid issue, please contact our [support team](https://support.sendgrid.com).
If you can't find a solution below, please open an [issue](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php/issues).
## Table of Contents
* [Migrating from v2 to v3](#migrating)
* [Continue Using v2](#v2)
* [Testing v3 /mail/send Calls Directly](#testing)
* [Error Messages](#error)
* [Versions](#versions)
* [Environment Variables and Your SendGrid API Key](#environment)
* [Using the Package Manager](#package-manager)
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## Migrating from v2 to v3
Please review [our guide](https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Send/v3_Mail_Send/how_to_migrate_from_v2_to_v3_mail_send.html) on how to migrate from v2 to v3.
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## Continue Using v2
[Here](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php/tree/75970eb82f5629e66db4d6da08ff7ef0c507e9b0) is the last working version with v2 support.
Using composer:
```json
{
"require": {
"sendgrid/sendgrid": "~3.2"
}
}
```
Download packaged zip [here](https://sendgrid-open-source.s3.amazonaws.com/sendgrid-php/versions/sendgrid-php-75970eb.zip).
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## Testing v3 /mail/send Calls Directly
[Here](https://sendgrid.com/docs/Classroom/Send/v3_Mail_Send/curl_examples.html) are some cURL examples for common use cases.
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## Error Messages
To read the error message returned by SendGrid's API:
```php
try {
$response = $sendgrid->client->mail()->send()->post($mail);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Caught exception: ', $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}
```
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## Versions
We follow the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH versioning scheme as described by [SemVer.org](http://semver.org). Therefore, we recommend that you always pin (or vendor) the particular version you are working with to your code and never auto-update to the latest version. Especially when there is a MAJOR point release, since that is guarenteed to be a breaking change. Changes are documented in the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) and [releases](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php/releases) section.
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## Environment Variables and Your SendGrid API Key
All of our examples assume you are using [environment variables](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php#setup-environment-variables) to hold your SendGrid API key.
If you choose to add your SendGrid API key directly (not recommended):
`$apiKey = getenv('SENDGRID_API_KEY');`
becomes
`$apiKey = 'SENDGRID_API_KEY';`
In the first case SENDGRID_API_KEY is in reference to the name of the environment variable, while the second case references the actual SendGrid API Key.
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## Using the Package Manager
We upload this library to [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sendgrid/sendgrid) whenever we make a release. This allows you to use [composer](https://getcomposer.org) for easy installation.
In most cases we recommend you download the latest version of the library, but if you need a different version, please use:
```json
{
"require": {
"sendgrid/sendgrid": "~X.X.X"
}
}
```