diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69de29..00af446 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+php/api_key
diff --git a/php/bin/snips b/php/bin/snips
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d5df57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/bin/snips
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../argvParser.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../functions.php';
+
+class snips
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly string $baseUrl,
+        private readonly string $apiKey,
+    ) {}
+
+    public function getSnip(int $id): string
+    {
+        $url = $this->baseUrl . 'snip/' . $id;
+        $headers = [
+            'X-AUTH-TOKEN: ' . $this->apiKey,
+            'Accept: application/json',
+        ];
+
+        $ch = curl_init($url);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
+        $response = curl_exec($ch);
+        curl_close($ch);
+
+        $response = $this->getResponse($response);
+
+        if (isset($response['success']) && $response['success'] === true) {
+            return $response['data']['content'];
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception('Error fetching snip: ' . json_encode($response));
+        }
+        // rewrite to curl
+    }
+
+    public function postSnip(int $id, string $content): string
+    {
+        $url = $this->baseUrl . 'snip/' . $id;
+        $headers = [
+            'X-AUTH-TOKEN: ' . $this->apiKey,
+            'Accept: application/json',
+        ];
+
+        $ch = curl_init($url);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, ['content' => $content]);
+        $response = curl_exec($ch);
+        curl_close($ch);
+        $response = $this->getResponse($response);
+
+        if (isset($response['success']) && $response['success'] === true) {
+            return $response['data']['content'];
+        } else {
+            throw new Exception('Error updating snip: ' . json_encode($response));
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function getResponse(bool|string $response): array
+    {
+        $response = json_decode($response, true);
+        if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
+            throw new Exception('Error decoding JSON response: ' . json_last_error_msg());
+        }
+        return $response;
+    }
+}
+
+$argvParser = new argvParser(['f' => 'File', 'a' => 'Api key'], ['c' => 'Command', 'id' => 'Snip id']);
+$parsed = $argvParser->parseArgv($argv);
+if ($parsed === false) {
+    line('Usage: ' . __FILE__ . ' ' . $argvParser->getOptionsHelp());
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$command = $parsed->get('c');
+$id = $parsed->get('id');
+$file = $parsed->get('f');
+$apiKey = $parsed->get('a');
+$content = $parsed->getRest();
+
+if (empty($apiKey)) {
+    $apiFile = __DIR__ . '/../api_key';
+    if (!file_exists($apiFile)) {
+        line('Input api key:');
+        $apiKey = trim(fgets(STDIN));
+        file_put_contents($apiFile, $apiKey);
+        line('Api key saved to ' . $apiFile);
+    } else {
+        $apiKey = file_get_contents($apiFile);
+    }
+    if (empty($apiKey)) {
+        line('No api key provided');
+        exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+$baseUrl = 'http://snips.symfony.localhost/api/';
+$snips = new snips($baseUrl, $apiKey);
+
+if ($command === 'get') {
+    $content = $snips->getSnip($id);
+    if ($file) {
+        file_put_contents($file, $content);
+        line('Snip content saved to ' . $file);
+    } else {
+        line($content);
+    }
+} elseif ($command === 'set') {
+    if ($file) {
+        if (!file_exists($file)) {
+            line('File ' . $file . ' does not exist');
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        $content = file_get_contents($file);
+        if ($content === false) {
+            line('Error reading file ' . $file);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+    $content = $snips->postSnip($id, $content);
+} else {
+    line('Unknown command: ' . $command);
+    exit(1);
+}