diff --git a/spanner/src/create_backup_schedule.php b/spanner/src/create_backup_schedule.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * For instructions on how to run the full sample:
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples/tree/main/spanner/README.md
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\Spanner;
+
+// [START spanner_create_backup_schedule]
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Client\DatabaseAdminClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CreateBackupScheduleRequest;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CreateBackupEncryptionConfig;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CreateBackupEncryptionConfig\EncryptionType;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\BackupSchedule;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\FullBackupSpec;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\BackupScheduleSpec;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CrontabSpec;
+use Google\Protobuf\Duration;
+
+/**
+ * Create a backup schedule.
+ * Example:
+ * ```
+ * create_backup_schedule($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId, $backupScheduleId);
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID.
+ * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
+ * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
+ * @param string $backupScheduleId The ID of the backup schedule to be created.
+ * at https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules#BackupSchedule.FIELDS
+ */
+function create_backup_schedule(
+    string $projectId,
+    string $instanceId,
+    string $databaseId,
+    string $backupScheduleId,
+): void {
+    $databaseAdminClient = new DatabaseAdminClient();
+    $databaseFullName = DatabaseAdminClient::databaseName($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId);
+    printf('%s', $databaseFullName);
+
+    $encryptionConfig = ( new CreateBackupEncryptionConfig() )
+        -> setEncryptionType(EncryptionType::USE_DATABASE_ENCRYPTION);
+    $backupSchedule = new BackupSchedule([
+        'full_backup_spec' => new FullBackupSpec(),
+        'retention_duration' => (new Duration())
+            ->setSeconds(24 * 60 * 60),
+        'spec' => new BackupScheduleSpec([
+            'cron_spec' => new CrontabSpec([
+                'text' => '30 12 * * *'
+            ]),
+        ]),
+        'encryption_config' => $encryptionConfig,
+    ]);
+    $request = new CreateBackupScheduleRequest([
+        'parent' => $databaseFullName,
+        'backup_schedule_id' => $backupScheduleId,
+        'backup_schedule' => $backupSchedule,
+    ]);
+
+    $operation = $databaseAdminClient->createBackupSchedule($request);
+
+    printf('Created backup scehedule %s'  . PHP_EOL, $operation->getName());
+}
+// [END spanner_create_backup_schedule]
+
+// The following 2 lines are only needed to run the samples
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../testing/sample_helpers.php';
+\Google\Cloud\Samples\execute_sample(__FILE__, __NAMESPACE__, $argv);
+
diff --git a/spanner/src/delete_backup_schedule.php b/spanner/src/delete_backup_schedule.php
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/spanner/src/delete_backup_schedule.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * For instructions on how to run the full sample:
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples/tree/main/spanner/README.md
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\Spanner;
+
+// [START spanner_delete_backup_schedule]
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Client\DatabaseAdminClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\DeleteBackupScheduleRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Delete a backup schedule.
+ * Example:
+ * ```
+ * delete_backup_schedule($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId, $backupScheduleId);
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID.
+ * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
+ * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
+ * @param string $backupScheduleId The ID of the backup schedule to be created.
+ * at https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules#BackupSchedule.FIELDS
+ */
+function delete_backup_schedule(
+    string $projectId,
+    string $instanceId,
+    string $databaseId,
+    string $backupScheduleId,
+): void {
+    $databaseAdminClient = new DatabaseAdminClient();
+
+    $backupScheduleName = sprintf(
+        'projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s/backupSchedules/%s', 
+        $projectId,
+        $instanceId,
+        $databaseId,
+        $backupScheduleId);
+    $request = new DeleteBackupScheduleRequest([
+        'name' => strval($backupScheduleName),
+    ]);
+
+    $databaseAdminClient->deleteBackupSchedule($request);
+    printf('Deleted backup scehedule %s' . PHP_EOL, $backupScheduleName);
+}
+// [END spanner_delete_backup_schedule]
+
+// The following 2 lines are only needed to run the samples
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../testing/sample_helpers.php';
+\Google\Cloud\Samples\execute_sample(__FILE__, __NAMESPACE__, $argv);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spanner/src/get_backup_schedule.php b/spanner/src/get_backup_schedule.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c23e643dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spanner/src/get_backup_schedule.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * For instructions on how to run the full sample:
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples/tree/main/spanner/README.md
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\Spanner;
+
+// [START spanner_get_backup_schedule]
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Client\DatabaseAdminClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\GetBackupScheduleRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Get a backup schedule.
+ * Example:
+ * ```
+ * get_backup_schedule($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId, $backupScheduleId);
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID.
+ * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
+ * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
+ * @param string $backupScheduleId The ID of the backup schedule to be created.
+ * at https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules#BackupSchedule.FIELDS
+ */
+function get_backup_schedule(
+    string $projectId,
+    string $instanceId,
+    string $databaseId,
+    string $backupScheduleId,
+): void {
+    $databaseAdminClient = new DatabaseAdminClient();
+
+    $backupScheduleName = sprintf(
+        'projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s/backupSchedules/%s', 
+        $projectId,
+        $instanceId,
+        $databaseId,
+        $backupScheduleId);
+    $request = new GetBackupScheduleRequest([
+        'name' => $backupScheduleName,
+    ]);
+
+    $operation = $databaseAdminClient->getBackupSchedule($request);
+
+    printf('Fetched backup scehedule %s' . PHP_EOL, $operation->getName());
+}
+// [END spanner_get_backup_schedule]
+
+// The following 2 lines are only needed to run the samples
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../testing/sample_helpers.php';
+\Google\Cloud\Samples\execute_sample(__FILE__, __NAMESPACE__, $argv);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spanner/src/list_backup_schedules.php b/spanner/src/list_backup_schedules.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..482e5d4c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spanner/src/list_backup_schedules.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * For instructions on how to run the full sample:
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples/tree/main/spanner/README.md
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\Spanner;
+
+// [START spanner_list_backup_schedules]
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Client\DatabaseAdminClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\ListBackupSchedulesRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Get list of all backup schedules for a given database.
+ * Example:
+ * ```
+ * list_backup_schedules($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId, $backupScheduleId);
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID.
+ * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
+ * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
+ * at https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules#BackupSchedule.FIELDS
+ */
+function list_backup_schedules(
+    string $projectId,
+    string $instanceId,
+    string $databaseId,
+): void {
+    $databaseAdminClient = new DatabaseAdminClient();
+    $databaseFullName = DatabaseAdminClient::databaseName($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId);
+
+    $request = new ListBackupSchedulesRequest([
+        'parent' => $databaseFullName,
+    ]);
+    $operation = $databaseAdminClient->listBackupSchedules($request);
+
+    printf("Backup schedules for database %s" . PHP_EOL, $databaseFullName);
+    foreach($operation as $schedule) {
+        printf("Backup schedule: %s" . PHP_EOL, $schedule->getName());
+    }
+}
+// [END spanner_list_backup_schedules]
+
+// The following 2 lines are only needed to run the samples
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../testing/sample_helpers.php';
+\Google\Cloud\Samples\execute_sample(__FILE__, __NAMESPACE__, $argv);
+
diff --git a/spanner/src/update_backup_schedule.php b/spanner/src/update_backup_schedule.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..887097361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spanner/src/update_backup_schedule.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * For instructions on how to run the full sample:
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/php-docs-samples/tree/main/spanner/README.md
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\Spanner;
+
+// [START spanner_update_backup_schedule]
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\Client\DatabaseAdminClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\UpdateBackupScheduleRequest;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CreateBackupEncryptionConfig;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CreateBackupEncryptionConfig\EncryptionType;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\BackupSchedule;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\FullBackupSpec;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\BackupScheduleSpec;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Admin\Database\V1\CrontabSpec;
+use Google\Protobuf\Duration;
+use Google\Protobuf\FieldMask;
+
+/**
+ * Update an existing backup schedule.
+ * Example:
+ * ```
+ * update_backup_schedule($projectId, $instanceId, $databaseId, $backupScheduleId);
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @param string $projectId The Google Cloud project ID.
+ * @param string $instanceId The Spanner instance ID.
+ * @param string $databaseId The Spanner database ID.
+ * @param string $backupScheduleId The ID of the backup schedule to be created.
+ * at https://cloud.google.com/spanner/docs/reference/rest/v1/projects.instances.databases.backupSchedules#BackupSchedule.FIELDS
+ */
+function update_backup_schedule(
+    string $projectId,
+    string $instanceId,
+    string $databaseId,
+    string $backupScheduleId,
+): void {
+    $databaseAdminClient = new DatabaseAdminClient();
+
+    $encryptionConfig = new CreateBackupEncryptionConfig([
+        'encryption_type' => EncryptionType::USE_DATABASE_ENCRYPTION,
+    ]);
+    $backupScheduleName = sprintf(
+        'projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s/backupSchedules/%s', 
+        $projectId,
+        $instanceId,
+        $databaseId,
+        $backupScheduleId);
+    $backupSchedule = new BackupSchedule([
+        'name' => $backupScheduleName,
+        'full_backup_spec' => new FullBackupSpec(),
+        'retention_duration' => (new Duration())
+            ->setSeconds(48 * 60 * 60),
+        'spec' => new BackupScheduleSpec([
+            'cron_spec' => new CrontabSpec([
+                'text' => '45 15 * * *'
+            ]),
+        ]),
+        'encryption_config' => $encryptionConfig,
+    ]);
+    $fieldMask = (new FieldMask())
+        ->setPaths([
+            'retention_duration',
+            'spec.cron_spec.text',
+            'encryption_config',
+    ]);
+
+    $request = new UpdateBackupScheduleRequest([
+        'backup_schedule' => $backupSchedule,
+        'update_mask' => $fieldMask,
+    ]);
+
+    $operation = $databaseAdminClient->updateBackupSchedule($request);
+
+    printf('Updated backup scehedule %s'  . PHP_EOL, $operation->getName());
+}
+// [END spanner_update_backup_schedule]
+
+// The following 2 lines are only needed to run the samples
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../testing/sample_helpers.php';
+\Google\Cloud\Samples\execute_sample(__FILE__, __NAMESPACE__, $argv);
+
diff --git a/spanner/test/spannerBackupScheduleTest.php b/spanner/test/spannerBackupScheduleTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ceaed4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spanner/test/spannerBackupScheduleTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+namespace Google\Cloud\Samples\Spanner;
+
+use Google\Cloud\Core\ExponentialBackoff;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\Database;
+use Google\Cloud\Spanner\SpannerClient;
+use Google\Cloud\TestUtils\EventuallyConsistentTestTrait;
+use Google\Cloud\TestUtils\TestTrait;
+use PHPUnitRetry\RetryTrait;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @retryAttempts 3
+ * @retryDelayMethod exponentialBackoff
+ */
+class spannerBackupScheduleTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use TestTrait {
+        TestTrait::runFunctionSnippet as traitRunFunctionSnippet;
+    }
+
+    use RetryTrait, EventuallyConsistentTestTrait;
+
+    /** @var string instanceId */
+    protected static $instanceId;
+
+    /** @var string backupScheduleId */
+    protected static $backupScheduleId;
+
+    /** @var string databaseId */
+    protected static $databaseId;
+
+    /** @var $instance Instance */
+    protected static $instance;
+
+    public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
+    {
+        if (!extension_loaded('grpc')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('Must enable grpc extension.');
+        }
+        if ('true' !== getenv('GOOGLE_SPANNER_RUN_BACKUP_SCHEDULE_TESTS')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('Skipping backup schedule tests.');
+        }
+        self::$instanceId = self::requireEnv('GOOGLE_SPANNER_INSTANCE_ID');
+
+        $spanner = new SpannerClient([
+            'projectId' => self::$projectId,
+        ]);
+
+        self::$databaseId = 'your-database-id';
+        self::$backupScheduleId = 'backup-schedule-' . self::$databaseId;
+        self::$instance = $spanner->instance(self::$instanceId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function testCreateBackupSchedule()
+    {
+        $output = $this->runFunctionSnippet('create_backup_schedule', [
+            self::$databaseId,
+            self::$backupScheduleId,
+        ]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$projectId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$instanceId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$databaseId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$backupScheduleId, $output);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @depends testCreateBackupSchedule
+     */
+    public function testGetBackupSchedule()
+    {
+        $output = $this->runFunctionSnippet('get_backup_schedule', [
+            self::$databaseId,
+            self::$backupScheduleId,
+        ]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$projectId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$instanceId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$databaseId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$backupScheduleId, $output);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @depends testCreateBackupSchedule
+     */
+    public function testListBackupSchedules()
+    {
+        $output = $this->runFunctionSnippet('list_backup_schedules', [
+            self::$databaseId,
+        ]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$projectId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$instanceId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$databaseId, $output);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @depends testCreateBackupSchedule
+     */
+    public function testUpdateBackupSchedule()
+    {
+        $output = $this->runFunctionSnippet('update_backup_schedule', [
+            self::$databaseId,
+            self::$backupScheduleId,
+        ]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$projectId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$instanceId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$databaseId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$backupScheduleId, $output);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     * @depends testCreateBackupSchedule
+     */
+    public function testDeleteBackupSchedule()
+    {
+        $output = $this->runFunctionSnippet('delete_backup_schedule', [
+            self::$databaseId,
+            self::$backupScheduleId,
+        ]);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$projectId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$instanceId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$databaseId, $output);
+        $this->assertStringContainsString(self::$backupScheduleId, $output);
+    }
+
+    private function runFunctionSnippet($sampleName, $params = [])
+    {
+        return $this->traitRunFunctionSnippet(
+            $sampleName,
+            array_merge([self::$projectId, self::$instanceId], array_values($params))
+        );
+    }
+
+    public static function tearDownAfterClass(): void
+    {
+        if (self::$instance->exists()) {
+            $backoff = new ExponentialBackoff(3);
+
+            /** @var Database $db */
+            foreach (self::$instance->databases() as $db) {
+                if (false !== strpos($db->name(), self::$databaseId)) {
+                    $backoff->execute(function () use ($db) {
+                        $db->drop();
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}