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+Mashape PHP Client
+============================================
+
+This is the base library for Mashape client libraries.
+
+Version
+--------------
+
+Version 1.0
+
+Documentation
+-------------------
+
+For the documentation, please visit http://www.mashape.com/guide/consume/php
+
+Copyright
+---------------
+
+For questions or feedback visit [mashape.com](http://mashape.com/)
+
+Copyright (C) 2012 Mashape, Inc.