Show Notes
PIE is a new installer for PHP extensions intended to eventually replace PECL. It is distributed as a PHAR, just like Composer, and works similarly to Composer. However, it installs PHP extensions (PHP Modules or Zend Extensions) to your PHP installation rather than pulling PHP packages into your project or library. 🔗 Show Links https://laravel-news.com/php-pie-with-james-titcumb https://github.com/php/pie https://github.com/asgrim
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