gRPC compiled PHP code has strange symbols causing 'Failed to parse binary descriptor' error

[Eben Paul]

I'm trying to test out gRPC in my Laravel application and I'm running into an error while sending the request.

While creating a client and making the request, I encounter an error that says 'Failed to parse binary descriptor'. It looks like the issue is with the protoc compiled PHP code

I have tried compiling the same proto file in Python and managed to send requests correctly without no errors. I'm unable to identify the exact nature of the issue in PHP.

Please help me to understand why this occurs and how I can fix it.

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