Merge branch 'release/4.0.0-rc.0'

Adds support for PHP8.0, dropping support for PHP7.0 and below.

Backwards incompatible changes:
- Dropped support for php asp tags in templates (removed from php since php7.0)
- Dropped deprecated API calls that where only accessible through SmartyBC
- Dropped support for {php} and {include_php} tags and embedded PHP in templates. Embedded PHP will now be passed through as is.
- Removed all PHP_VERSION_ID and compare_version checks and conditional code blocks that are now no longer required
- Dropped deprecated SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET and SMARTY_RESOURCE_DATE_FORMAT constants
- Dropped deprecated Smarty::muteExpectedErrors and Smarty::unmuteExpectedErrors API methods
- Dropped deprecated $smarty->getVariable() method. Use $smarty->getTemplateVars() instead.
- $smarty->registerResource() no longer accepts an array of callback functions

See the changelog for more details.

Switched CI from Travis to Github CI.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [4.0.0-rc.0] - 2021-10-13
+
 ### Added
 - You can now use `$smarty->muteUndefinedOrNullWarnings()` to activate convert warnings about undefined or null template vars to notices when running PHP8
 

libs/Smarty.class.php

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.40';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '4.0.0-rc.0';
     /**
      * define variable scopes
      */