diff --git a/playground/php/src/search.php b/playground/php/src/search.php
index 5aa64ecd9a5..e26c4c30dcd 100644
--- a/playground/php/src/search.php
+++ b/playground/php/src/search.php
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     $env['ALGOLIA_ADMIN_KEY']
 );
 
+$config->setMaxRetries(200);
+var_dump($config->getDefaultMaxRetries());
+
 //$config->setFullHosts(
 //    [
 //       'http://localhost:6677',
diff --git a/templates/php/client_config.mustache b/templates/php/client_config.mustache
index e1b326b492b..246ad23f64b 100644
--- a/templates/php/client_config.mustache
+++ b/templates/php/client_config.mustache
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ class {{configClassname}} extends {{#hasRegionalHost}}ConfigWithRegion{{/hasRegi
         return $this->config['waitTaskTimeBeforeRetry'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the max retries value used in the Search helpers (e.g. replaceAllobjects)
+     *
+     * @param number $maxRetries the user agent of the api client
+     *
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function setMaxRetries($maxRetries)
+    {
+        $this->config['defaultMaxRetries'] = $maxRetries;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function getDefaultMaxRetries()
     {
         return $this->config['defaultMaxRetries'];
@@ -73,4 +87,4 @@ class {{configClassname}} extends {{#hasRegionalHost}}ConfigWithRegion{{/hasRegi
             {{/isSearchClient}}
         ];
     }
-}
+}
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