Google always returns false verifying id token

Question

I have the next code, got directly from google reference (https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/backend-auth)

public function verifyFromAndroid($idToken=null) {
        if(empty($idToken)) {
            $idToken = self::SAMPLE_ID_TOKEN;
        }
        $client = new Google_Client(['client_id' => self::CLIENT_ID]);
        $payload = $client->verifyIdToken($idToken);
        if ($payload) {
            print_r($payload);
            $userid = $payload['sub'];
            // If request specified a G Suite domain:
            //$domain = $payload['hd'];
        } else {
            var_dump($payload);
            $this->lastError = "Invalid ID token";
            return false;
        }
    }

But this method always returns false, even using a valid id token that is created and working using the oauthplayground online tool.

The next code works fine, using directly the GoogleAccessToken_Verify class. Can someone tell me why the official Google code doesn't work and yes my own code using the official Google-clien-php sdk?

try {
            $verify = new Google_AccessToken_Verify();
            $result = $verify->verifyIdToken($this->idToken);
            if($result) {

                print_r($result);
                $friendlyData = $this->translateData($result, true);
                if(!$friendlyData) {
                    return false;
                }
                return $friendlyData;
            }
            else {
                $this->lastError = "Invalid token verification, no error code";
                return false;
            }
        }
        catch(UnexpectedValueException $ex) {
            $this->lastError = "UnVaEx (Code {$ex->getCode()}): {$ex->getMessage()}";
            return false;
        }

Answer 1

try adding complete client ID

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxx-yy-zz.apps.googleusercontent.com

while initiating the

$client = new Google_Client(['client_id' => self::CLIENT_ID]);

It should work i was also facing the same issue ...