'default', 'region' => 'us-west-2', 'version' => '2012-11-05' ]); try { $result = $client->setQueueAttributes([ 'Attributes' => [ 'RedrivePolicy' => "{\"deadLetterTargetArn\":\"DEAD_LETTER_QUEUE_ARN\",\"maxReceiveCount\":\"10\"}" ], 'QueueUrl' => $queueUrl // REQUIRED ]); var_dump($result); } catch (AwsException $e) { // output error message if fails error_log($e->getMessage()); } // snippet-end:[sqs.php.dead_letter_queue.main] // snippet-end:[sqs.php.dead_letter_queue.complete]