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 ##PHP Lua
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+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/laruence/php-lua.png)](https://travis-ci.org/laruence/php-lua)
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 This extension embeds the lua interpreter and offers an OO-API to lua variables and functions.
 
 "Lua is a powerful, fast, light-weight, embeddable scripting language."