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Move over PECL, it's time for Pie

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One of my favourite talks at Laravel Live UK earlier this year was a talk by James Titcumb about PiePHP, a project he's working on for The PHP Foundation which serves as a replacement for PECL and makes it easier to work with PHP extensions.

Since that talk, there's been a whole load of updates to Pie. James recently sat down with Eric over at Laravel News to talk about PiePHP, the history, where it's heading and more:

It's a fantastic video and having met James at a couple of conferences this year, he's a super nice guy and such a fantastic developer!

If you want to check out my recap of Laravel Live UK 2025, including James' talk, check out my post below:

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