/tags/release-0.1-rc2/hive/external/service/src/test/php/test_service.php

<?php
// set THRIFT_ROOT to php directory of the hive distribution
$GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'] = '/lib/php/';
// load the required files for connecting to Hive
require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'] . 'packages/hive_service/ThriftHive.php';
require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'] . 'transport/TSocket.php';
require_once $GLOBALS['THRIFT_ROOT'] . 'protocol/TBinaryProtocol.php';
// Set up the transport/protocol/client
$transport = new TSocket('localhost', 10000);
$protocol = new TBinaryProtocol($transport);
$client = new ThriftHiveClient($protocol);
$transport->open();

// run queries, metadata calls etc
$client->execute('SELECT * from src');
var_dump($client->fetchAll());
$transport->close();