diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1-ast/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/php8.1-ast/INSTALL.msg
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+To enable the ast extension please add the following to php.ini:
+	extension=ast.so 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1-ast/template b/srcpkgs/php8.1-ast/template
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+# Template file for 'php8.1-ast'
+pkgname=php8.1-ast
+version=1.0.16
+revision=1
+wrksrc="ast-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config8.1"
+hostmakedepends="php8.1-devel autoconf"
+makedepends="php8.1-devel"
+depends="php8.1"
+short_desc="Exposes the abstract syntax tree generated by PHP"
+maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://github.com/nikic/php-ast"
+distfiles="https://pecl.php.net/get/ast-${version}.tgz"
+checksum=45bda34b780c4661ce77cf65cd8a504fb56526d4b456edcc97d791c86f3879ce
+
+pre_configure() {
+	phpize8.1
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	make INSTALL_ROOT=${DESTDIR} install
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}