diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/INSTALL.msg
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+To enable APCu add the following line to your php.ini:
+
+	extension=apcu.so
diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/template b/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/template
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+# Template file for 'php8.1-apcu'
+pkgname=php8.1-apcu
+version=5.1.21
+revision=1
+wrksrc="apcu-${version}"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config8.1"
+make_check_target=test
+hostmakedepends="autoconf php8.1-devel"
+makedepends="php8.1-devel pcre2-devel"
+depends="php8.1"
+short_desc="In-memory key-value store for PHP"
+maintainer="Joel Beckmeyer <joel@beckmeyer.us>"
+license="PHP-3.01"
+homepage="https://pecl.php.net/package/APCu"
+distfiles="https://pecl.php.net/get/apcu-${version}.tgz"
+checksum=1033530448696ee7cadec85050f6df5135fb1330072ef2a74569392acfecfbc1
+
+pre_configure() {
+	phpize8.1
+}
+
+pre_install() {
+	make_install_args="INSTALL_ROOT=$DESTDIR"
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	rm -r $DESTDIR/usr/include
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/update b/srcpkgs/php8.1-apcu/update
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+site="https://pecl.php.net/package/APCu"
+pattern="apcu-\K[\d\.]*(?=\.tgz)"