To use framework - simply include it to your script and start to work.

If you will get error "Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified" on your desktop - you should install tool "xhost" and run following command from current user in terminal:

xhost + local:

Following is simple example which will draw white filled rectangle on your screen with 50% of width and 50% of height:

<?php
require 'Xlib.php';

$display = XDisplay::create();

$bg = $display->allocColor($display->screens[0]->colormap, 0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff);

$wnd = $display->createWindow($display->screens[0]->rootWindow,0, 0,
$display->screens[0]->width/2, $display->screens[0]->height/2, 0,
XClient::InputOutput, null, array('backgroundPixel' => $bg['pixel'],
'eventMask'=>XClient::ExposureMask | XClient::KeyPressMask | XClient::StructureNotifyMask,
'overrideRedirect'=>true));

$display->mapWindow($wnd);

for (;;) {
}