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Oct 15, 2026 · Industry Insights

Goodbye PEAR: PHP 8.7 Ends 27-Year Official Endorsement

PHP Internals votes to end official PEAR endorsement in PHP 8.7, concluding a 27-year history where PEAR served as PHP's de facto standard library, pioneered coding standards and autoloading, but ultimately lost to Composer's project-isolated dependency management and modern ecosystem.