Merge branch 'release/5.4.2'

* Fixing forced OpCache Invalidation on every call, which is resulting in fast raising wasted memory
* Fix undefined $path variable warning
---------

Co-authored-by: Daniel Metzner <daniel.metzner@niceshops.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
+          - windows-latest
 
         php-version:
           - "7.2"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           - "8.1"
           - "8.2"
           - "8.3"
+          - "8.4"
 
         compiler:
           - default
@@ -49,10 +51,13 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             php-version: "8.3"
             compiler: jit
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            php-version: "8.4"
+            compiler: jit
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Override PHP ini values for JIT compiler
       if: matrix.compiler == 'jit'
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Cache Composer packages
       id: composer-cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: vendor
         key: v5r2-${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ matrix.php-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           v5r1-${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ matrix.php-version }}-
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      uses: php-actions/composer@v6
+      run: composer install
 
     - name: Run make
       run: make -B

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,11 +6,57 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.4.2] - 2024-11-20
+
+
+- Support the deprecations introduced in PHP 8.4 and added tests for PHP 8.4 [#1043](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/1043)
+
+## [5.4.1] - 2024-08-29
+
+
+- Enable (and fix) unit tests for Windows [#1046](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/1046)
+- Fix the use of "extends:" to define the inheritance tree on Windows [#1018](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1018)
+
+## [5.4.0] - 2024-08-14
+- Fixing forced OpCache invalidation on every template include, which is resulting in fast raising wasted OpCache memory [#1007](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1007) 
+- Improvement of auto-escaping [#1030](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/1030)
+
+
+## [5.3.1] - 2024-06-16
+- Fixed error when using section with nocache [#1034](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1034)
+
+
+## [5.3.0] - 2024-05-30
+- Fix warning when calling hasVariable for an undefined variable [#977](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/977)
+- Added `$smarty->prependTemplateDir()` method [#1022](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1022)
+
+
+## [5.2.0] - 2024-05-28
+- Fixed a code injection vulnerability in extends-tag. This addresses CVE-2024-35226.
+- Added `$smarty->setCacheModifiedCheck()` setter for cache_modified_check
+- Added a PSR-4 loading script to allow Smarty to be used without Composer [#1017](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/1017)
+
+
+## [5.1.0] - 2024-04-22
+- Prevent deprecation notices during compilation in PHP8.3 [#996](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/996)
+- Fix that getTemplateVars would return an array of objects instead of the assigned variables values [#994](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/994)
+- Fix Smarty::assign() not returning $this when called with an array as first parameter [#972](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/972)
+- Documented support for `{if $element is in $array}` syntax [#937](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/937)
+- Added support for `{if $element is not in $array}` syntax [#937](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/937)
+- Using stream variables in templates now throws a deprecation notice [#933](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/933)
+- Internal compiler classes always return a string (the internal has_code flag has been removed for simplicity) [#918](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/918)
+- Fix invalid classnames in Runtime code for foreach [#1000](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1000)
+
+## [5.0.2] - 2024-03-28
+- Fix Smarty::assign() not returning $this when called with an array as first parameter [#972](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/972)
+
+## [5.0.1] - 2024-03-27
+- Fix error in Smarty\Smarty::compileAllTemplates() by including missing FilesystemIterator class [#966](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/966)  
+
 ## [5.0.0] - 2024-03-25
 - Fixed that scoped variables would overwrite parent scope [#952](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/952)
 - Removed publicly accessible `$tpl->_var_stack` variable
 
-
 ### Fixed
 - Too many shorthand attributes error when using a modifier as a function with more than 3 parameters in an expression [#949](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/949)
 

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation
 Read the [documentation](https://smarty-php.github.io/smarty/) to find out how to use it. 
 
 ## Requirements
-Smarty v5 can be run with PHP 7.2 to PHP 8.3.
+Smarty v5 can be run with PHP 7.2 to PHP 8.4.
 
 ## Installation
 Smarty versions 3.1.11 or later can be installed with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

TODO.txt

@@ -29,5 +29,4 @@
 
 ## Unrelated / other
 - review (and avoid) use of 'clone' keyword
-- compiler->has_code seems silly. Why not have proper return values?
 - what is 'user literal support', why are unit tests skipped?

docker-compose.yml

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ services:
       service: base
     build:
       dockerfile: ./utilities/testrunners/php83/Dockerfile
+  php84:
+    extends:
+      service: base
+    build:
+      dockerfile: ./utilities/testrunners/php84/Dockerfile
 volumes:
   smarty-code:
 

docs/api/configuring.md

@@ -12,24 +12,27 @@ Use `getTemplateDir()` to retrieve the configured paths.
 <?php
 
  // set a single directory where the config files are stored
-$smarty->setTemplateDir('./config');
+$smarty->setTemplateDir('./templates');
 
-// set multiple directories where config files are stored
-$smarty->setTemplateDir(['./config', './config_2', './config_3']);
+// set multiple directories where templates are stored
+$smarty->setTemplateDir(['./templates', './templates_2', './templates_3']);
 
-// add directory where config files are stored to the current list of dirs
-$smarty->addTemplateDir('./config_1');
+// add directory where templates files are stored to the current list of dirs
+$smarty->addTemplateDir('./templates_1');
 
 // add multiple directories to the current list of dirs
 $smarty->addTemplateDir([
-    './config_2',
-    './config_3',
+    './templates_2',
+    './templates_3',
 ]);
 
 // chaining of method calls
-$smarty->setTemplateDir('./config')
-       ->addTemplateDir('./config_1')
-       ->addTemplateDir('./config_2');
+$smarty->setTemplateDir('./templates')
+       ->addTemplateDir('./templates_1')
+       ->addTemplateDir('./templates_2');
+
+// insert a template dir before exising template dirs
+$smarty->prependTemplateDir('./more_important_templates')
 
 // get all directories where config files are stored
 $template_dirs = $smarty->getTemplateDir();
@@ -140,6 +143,35 @@ Enable auto-escaping for HTML as follows:
 $smarty->setEscapeHtml(true);
 ```
 
+When auto-escaping is enabled, the `|escape` modifier's default mode (`html`) has no effect,
+to avoid double-escaping. It is possible to force it with the `force` mode.
+Other modes (`htmlall`, `url`, `urlpathinfo`, `quotes`, `javascript`) may be used
+with the result you might expect, without double-escaping.
+
+Even when auto-escaping is enabled, you might want to display the content of a variable without
+escaping it. To do so, use the `|raw` modifier.
+
+Examples (with auto-escaping enabled):
+```smarty
+{* these three statements are identical *}
+{$myVar}
+{$myVar|escape}
+{$myVar|escape:'html'}
+
+{* no double-escaping on these statements *}
+{$var|escape:'htmlall'}
+{$myVar|escape:'url'}
+{$myVar|escape:'urlpathinfo'}
+{$myVar|escape:'quotes'}
+{$myVar|escape:'javascript'}
+
+{* no escaping at all *}
+{$myVar|raw}
+
+{* force double-escaping *}
+{$myVar|escape:'force'}
+```
+
 ## Disabling compile check
 By default, Smarty tests to see if the
 current template has changed since the last time

docs/api/variables/streams.md

@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ template.
 {$foo:bar}
 ```
 
+NB. Support for using streams to call variables is deprecated since Smarty v5.1 and will be removed
+in a future version. 
+
 See also [`Template Resources`](../resources.md)

docs/designers/language-basic-syntax/language-syntax-operators.md

@@ -27,6 +27,30 @@ Various basic operators can be applied directly to variable values.
 > complex, it may be a good idea to move the bits that do not deal
 > explicitly with presentation to PHP by way of plugins or modifiers.
 
+## List
+The following is a list of recognized operators, which must be
+separated from surrounding elements by spaces. Note that items listed in
+\[brackets\] are optional. PHP equivalents are shown where applicable.
+
+| Operator           | Alternates | Syntax Example       | Meaning                        | PHP Equivalent     |
+|--------------------|------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
+| ==                 | eq         | $a eq $b             | equals                         | ==                 |
+| !=                 | ne, neq    | $a neq $b            | not equals                     | !=                 |
+| >                  | gt         | $a gt $b             | greater than                   | >                  |
+| <                  | lt         | $a lt $b             | less than                      | <                  |
+| >=                 | gte, ge    | $a ge $b             | greater than or equal          | >=                 |
+| <=                 | lte, le    | $a le $b             | less than or equal             | <=                 |
+| ===                |            | $a === 0             | check for identity             | ===                |
+| !                  | not        | not $a               | negation (unary)               | !                  |
+| %                  | mod        | $a mod $b            | modulo                         | %                  |
+| is \[not\] div by  |            | $a is not div by 4   | divisible by                   | $a % $b == 0       |
+| is \[not\] even    |            | $a is not even       | \[not\] an even number (unary) | $a % 2 == 0        |
+| is \[not\] even by |            | $a is not even by $b | grouping level \[not\] even    | ($a / $b) % 2 == 0 |
+| is \[not\] odd     |            | $a is not odd        | \[not\] an odd number (unary)  | $a % 2 != 0        |
+| is \[not\] odd by  |            | $a is not odd by $b  | \[not\] an odd grouping        | ($a / $b) % 2 != 0 |
+| is in              |            | $a is in $b          | exists in array                | in_array($a, $b)   |
+| is \[not\] in      |            | $a is not in $b      | does not exist in array        | !in_array($a, $b)  |
+
 ## Ternary
 You can use the `?:` (or ternary) operator to test one expression and present the value
 of the second or third expression, based on the result of the test.

docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-config-load.md

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 |----------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | file           | Yes      | The name of the config file to include                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | section        | No       | The name of the section to load                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| scope          | no       | How the scope of the loaded variables are treated, which must be one of local, parent or global. local means variables are loaded into the local template context. parent means variables are loaded into both the local context and the parent template that called it. global means variables are available to all templates. |
 
 
 ## Examples

docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-if.md

@@ -3,32 +3,8 @@
 `{if}` statements in Smarty have much the same flexibility as PHP
 [if](https://www.php.net/if) statements, with a few added features for the
 template engine. Every `{if}` must be paired with a matching `{/if}`.
-`{else}` and `{elseif}` are also permitted. All PHP conditionals and
-functions are recognized, such as *\|\|*, *or*, *&&*, *and*,
-*is_array()*, etc.
-
-The following is a list of recognized qualifiers, which must be
-separated from surrounding elements by spaces. Note that items listed in
-\[brackets\] are optional. PHP equivalents are shown where applicable.
-
-## Qualifiers
-
-| Qualifier          | Alternates | Syntax Example       | Meaning                        | PHP Equivalent     |
-|--------------------|------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
-| ==                 | eq         | $a eq $b             | equals                         | ==                 |
-| !=                 | ne, neq    | $a neq $b            | not equals                     | !=                 |
-| >                  | gt         | $a gt $b             | greater than                   | >                  |
-| <                  | lt         | $a lt $b             | less than                      | <                  |
-| >=                 | gte, ge    | $a ge $b             | greater than or equal          | >=                 |
-| <=                 | lte, le    | $a le $b             | less than or equal             | <=                 |
-| ===                |            | $a === 0             | check for identity             | ===                |
-| !                  | not        | not $a               | negation (unary)               | !                  |
-| %                  | mod        | $a mod $b            | modulo                         | %                  |
-| is \[not\] div by  |            | $a is not div by 4   | divisible by                   | $a % $b == 0       |
-| is \[not\] even    |            | $a is not even       | \[not\] an even number (unary) | $a % 2 == 0        |
-| is \[not\] even by |            | $a is not even by $b | grouping level \[not\] even    | ($a / $b) % 2 == 0 |
-| is \[not\] odd     |            | $a is not odd        | \[not\] an odd number (unary)  | $a % 2 != 0        |
-| is \[not\] odd by  |            | $a is not odd by $b  | \[not\] an odd grouping        | ($a / $b) % 2 != 0 |
+`{else}` and `{elseif}` are also permitted. All [operators](../language-basic-syntax/language-syntax-operators.md) are recognized, such as *==*,
+*\|\|*, *or*, *&&*, *and*, etc and you can use modifiers as functions, such as *is_array()*.
 
 ## Examples
 ```smarty

docs/designers/language-builtin-functions/language-function-while.md

@@ -3,31 +3,8 @@
 `{while}` loops in Smarty have much the same flexibility as PHP
 [while](https://www.php.net/while) statements, with a few added features for
 the template engine. Every `{while}` must be paired with a matching
-`{/while}`. All PHP conditionals and functions are recognized, such as
-*\|\|*, *or*, *&&*, *and*, *is_array()*, etc.
-
-The following is a list of recognized qualifiers, which must be
-separated from surrounding elements by spaces. Note that items listed in
-\[brackets\] are optional. PHP equivalents are shown where applicable.
-
-## Qualifiers
-
-| Qualifier          | Alternates | Syntax Example       | Meaning                        | PHP Equivalent     |
-|--------------------|------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------|
-| ==                 | eq         | $a eq $b             | equals                         | ==                 |
-| !=                 | ne, neq    | $a neq $b            | not equals                     | !=                 |
-| >                  | gt         | $a gt $b             | greater than                   | >                  |
-| <                  | lt         | $a lt $b             | less than                      | <                  |
-| >=                 | gte, ge    | $a ge $b             | greater than or equal          | >=                 |
-| <=                 | lte, le    | $a le $b             | less than or equal             | <=                 |
-| ===                |            | $a === 0             | check for identity             | ===                |
-| !                  | not        | not $a               | negation (unary)               | !                  |
-| %                  | mod        | $a mod $b            | modulo                         | %                  |
-| is \[not\] div by  |            | $a is not div by 4   | divisible by                   | $a % $b == 0       |
-| is \[not\] even    |            | $a is not even       | \[not\] an even number (unary) | $a % 2 == 0        |
-| is \[not\] even by |            | $a is not even by $b | grouping level \[not\] even    | ($a / $b) % 2 == 0 |
-| is \[not\] odd     |            | $a is not odd        | \[not\] an odd number (unary)  | $a % 2 != 0        |
-| is \[not\] odd by  |            | $a is not odd by $b  | \[not\] an odd grouping        | ($a / $b) % 2 != 0 |
+`{/while}`. All [operators](../language-basic-syntax/language-syntax-operators.md) are recognized, such as *==*,
+*\|\|*, *or*, *&&*, *and*, etc and you can use modifiers as functions, such as *is_array()*.
 
 ## Examples
 ```smarty

docs/designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-escape.md

@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ This snippet is useful for emails, but see also
 <a href="mailto:{$EmailAddress|escape:'hex'}">{$EmailAddress|escape:'mail'}</a>
 ```
 
-See also [escaping smarty parsing](../language-basic-syntax/language-escaping.md),
+See also [auto-escaping](../../api/configuring.md#enabling-auto-escaping), [escaping smarty parsing](../language-basic-syntax/language-escaping.md),
 [`{mailto}`](../language-custom-functions/language-function-mailto.md) and the [obfuscating email
-addresses](../../appendixes/tips.md#obfuscating-e-mail-addresses) page.
+addresses](../../appendixes/tips.md#obfuscating-e-mail-addresses) pages.

docs/designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-is_array.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# is_array
+
+Return true if the variable passed to it is an array.
+
+## Basic usage
+
+```smarty
+{if $myVar|is_array}it's an array{/if}
+```

docs/designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-raw.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# raw
+
+Prevents variable escaping when [auto-escaping](../../api/configuring.md#enabling-auto-escaping) is activated.
+
+## Basic usage
+```smarty
+{$myVar|raw}
+```

docs/getting-started.md

@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@ Here's how you create an instance of Smarty in your PHP scripts:
 ```php
 <?php
 
+// Instantiated via composer
 require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 use Smarty\Smarty;
 $smarty = new Smarty();
+
+// or ...
+
+// Instantiated directly
+require("/path/to/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php");
+use Smarty\Smarty;
+$smarty = new Smarty();
 ```
 
 Now that the library files are in place, it's time to set up the Smarty

docs/img/smarty.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 25.2.1, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0)  -->
+<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 1000 1000" style="enable-background:new 0 0 1000 1000;" xml:space="preserve">
+<style type="text/css">
+	.st0{fill:#F5E0B4;}
+	.st1{fill:#383535;}
+	.st2{fill:#FBDE3D;}
+	.st3{fill:#8C919F;}
+	.st4{fill:#CACED5;}
+	.st5{fill:#FFFFFF;}
+</style>
+<g>
+	<polygon class="st0" points="782.2,925.8 733.4,643.2 996.4,532.7 745.7,396.4 823.6,120.2 560.7,232.2 391.6,0 313.7,274.7    26.5,260.1 194.4,491.3 3.6,705.5 289.4,721.3 340.5,1000 529.1,787  "/>
+	<path class="st1" d="M706.9,493.4c0-126-102.2-228.2-228.2-228.2c-126,0-228.2,102.2-228.2,228.2c0,81.8,43.1,153.6,107.8,193.8   v202.6l43.5,43.5l0.2-0.2h150.6l0.2,0.2l43.5-43.5V689C662.6,649,706.9,576.4,706.9,493.4z"/>
+	<path class="st2" d="M682.2,492.9c0-112.7-91.3-204-204-204s-204,91.3-204,204c0,78,43.8,145.8,108.1,180.1v93.6h191.7V673   C638.4,638.7,682.2,571,682.2,492.9z"/>
+	<g>
+		<polygon class="st3" points="382.7,790.4 382.7,881.1 412,910.3 544.9,910.3 574.1,881.1 574.1,790.4   "/>
+		<polygon class="st4" points="540,813.2 540,866.5 527,879.5 540.4,892.9 558.7,874.6 558.9,874.6 558.9,813.2   "/>
+	</g>
+	<path class="st5" d="M478.3,310.4c-5,0-9.1,4.1-9.1,9.1c0,5,4.1,9.1,9.1,9.1c90.7,0,164.3,73.5,164.3,164.3c0,5,4.1,9.1,9.1,9.1   s9.1-4.1,9.1-9.1C660.8,392.1,579.1,310.4,478.3,310.4z"/>
+</g>
+</svg>

libs/Smarty.class.php

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// This is a stub PSR-4 loading script that gets all the pieces of //
+// Smarty 5.x loaded without requiring the use of composer. It's   //
+// not really a 'class' file, but the name is used so we're        //
+// backwards compatible with previous versions of Smarty.          //
+//                                                                 //
+// Example:                                                        //
+// require_once("/path/to/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php");          //
+//                                                                 //
+// $smarty = new Smarty\Smarty;                                    //
+// $smarty->testInstall();                                         //
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+define('__SMARTY_DIR', __DIR__ . '/../src/');
+
+// Global function declarations
+require_once(__SMARTY_DIR . "/functions.php");
+
+spl_autoload_register(function ($class) {
+	// Class prefix
+	$prefix = 'Smarty\\';
+
+	// Does the class use the namespace prefix?
+	$len = strlen($prefix);
+	if (strncmp($prefix, $class, $len) !== 0) {
+		// If not, move to the next registered autoloader
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// Hack off the prefix part
+	$relative_class = substr($class, $len);
+
+	// Build a path to the include file
+	$file = __SMARTY_DIR . str_replace('\\', '/', $relative_class) . '.php';
+
+	// If the file exists, require it
+	if (file_exists($file)) {
+		require_once($file);
+	}
+});

mkdocs.yml

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ nav:
         - 'escape': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-escape.md'
         - 'from_charset': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-from-charset.md'
         - 'indent': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-indent.md'
+        - 'is_array': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-is_array.md'
         - 'isset': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-isset.md'
         - 'join': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-join.md'
         - 'json_encode': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-json-encode.md'
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ nav:
         - 'noprint': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-noprint.md'
         - 'number_format': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-number-format.md'
         - 'nl2br': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-nl2br.md'
+        - 'raw': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-raw.md'
         - 'regex_replace': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-regex-replace.md'
         - 'replace': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-replace.md'
         - 'round': 'designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-round.md'

run-tests-for-all-php-versions.sh

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ $COMPOSE_CMD run --rm php80 ./run-tests.sh $@ && \
 $COMPOSE_CMD run --rm php81 ./run-tests.sh $@ && \
 $COMPOSE_CMD run --rm php82 ./run-tests.sh $@
 $COMPOSE_CMD run --rm php83 ./run-tests.sh $@
+$COMPOSE_CMD run --rm php84 ./run-tests.sh $@

src/BlockHandler/TextFormat.php

@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ use Smarty\Template;
  * - indent_char   - string (" ")
  * - wrap_boundary - boolean (true)
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.textformat.php {textformat}
- *         (Smarty online manual)
- *
  * @param array                    $params   parameters
  * @param string                   $content  contents of the block
  * @param Template $template template object

src/Cacheresource/Base.php

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ abstract class Base
 	 */
     abstract public function process(
 	    Template $_template,
-	    Cached   $cached = null,
+	    ?Cached  $cached = null,
 	             $update = false
     );
 

src/Cacheresource/Custom.php

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ abstract class Custom extends Base
 	 */
     public function process(
 	    Template               $_smarty_tpl,
-	    \Smarty\Template\Cached $cached = null,
+	    ?\Smarty\Template\Cached $cached = null,
 	                           $update = false
     ) {
         if (!$cached) {

src/Cacheresource/File.php

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class File extends Base
 	 */
     public function process(
 	    Template $_smarty_tpl,
-	    Cached   $cached = null,
+	    ?Cached  $cached = null,
 	             $update = false
     ) {
         $_smarty_tpl->getCached()->setValid(false);

src/Cacheresource/KeyValueStore.php

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ abstract class KeyValueStore extends Base
 	 */
     public function process(
 	    Template $_smarty_tpl,
-	    Cached   $cached = null,
+	    ?Cached  $cached = null,
 	             $update = false
     ) {
         if (!$cached) {

src/Compile/Base.php

@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ abstract class Base implements CompilerInterface {
 	 * @param Template $compiler  compiler object
 	 * @param array                                 $parameter array with compilation parameter
 	 *
-	 * @return bool|string compiled code or true if no code has been compiled
+	 * @return string compiled code as a string
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	abstract public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null);
+	abstract public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null): string;
 }

src/Compile/BlockCompiler.php

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class BlockCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @throws CompilerException
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		if (!isset($tag[5]) || substr($tag, -5) !== 'close') {
 			$output = $this->compileOpeningTag($compiler, $args, $tag, $function);
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@ class BlockCompiler extends Base {
 			);
 		}
 		$compiler->_cache['blockParams'][$compiler->_cache['blockNesting']]['callsChild'] = true;
-		$compiler->has_code = true;
 		$compiler->suppressNocacheProcessing = true;
 
 		$output = "<?php \n";
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ class BlockCompiler extends Base {
 				$compiler->getParser()->lex->taglineno
 			);
 		}
-		$compiler->has_code = true;
 		$compiler->suppressNocacheProcessing = true;
 
 		$output = "<?php \n";

src/Compile/CompilerInterface.php

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ interface CompilerInterface {
 	 * @param \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler compiler object
 	 * @param array $parameter array with compilation parameter
 	 *
-	 * @return bool|string compiled code or true if no code has been compiled
+	 * @return string compiled code as a string
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null);
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string;
 
 	public function isCacheable(): bool;
 }

src/Compile/DefaultHandlerFunctionCallCompiler.php

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class DefaultHandlerFunctionCallCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		unset($_attr['nocache']);

src/Compile/FunctionCallCompiler.php

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ class FunctionCallCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);

src/Compile/Modifier/CatModifierCompiler.php

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Input:    string to catenate
  * Example:  {$var|cat:"foo"}
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.cat.php cat
- *           (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/CountCharactersModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     count_characters
  * Purpose:  count the number of characters in a text
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.characters.php count_characters (Smarty online
- *         manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/CountParagraphsModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     count_paragraphs
  * Purpose:  count the number of paragraphs in a text
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.paragraphs.php
- *          count_paragraphs (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/CountSentencesModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     count_sentences
  * Purpose:  count the number of sentences in a text
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.paragraphs.php
- *          count_sentences (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/CountWordsModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     count_words
  * Purpose:  count the number of words in a text
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.words.php count_words (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/DefaultModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     default
  * Purpose:  designate default value for empty variables
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.default.php default (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/EscapeModifierCompiler.php

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use Smarty\Exception;
  * Name:     escape
  * Purpose:  escape string for output
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/language.modifier.escape count_characters (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Rodney Rehm
  */
 
@@ -25,22 +24,32 @@ class EscapeModifierCompiler extends Base {
 			}
 			switch ($esc_type) {
 				case 'html':
+				case 'force':
+					// in case of auto-escaping, and without the 'force' option, no double-escaping
+					if ($compiler->getSmarty()->escape_html && $esc_type != 'force')
+						return $params[0];
+					// otherwise, escape the variable
 					return 'htmlspecialchars((string)' . $params[ 0 ] . ', ENT_QUOTES, ' . var_export($char_set, true) . ', ' .
 						var_export($double_encode, true) . ')';
 				// no break
 				case 'htmlall':
+					$compiler->setRawOutput(true);
 					return 'htmlentities(mb_convert_encoding((string)' . $params[ 0 ] . ', \'UTF-8\', ' .
 						var_export($char_set, true) . '), ENT_QUOTES, \'UTF-8\', ' .
 						var_export($double_encode, true) . ')';
 				// no break
 				case 'url':
+					$compiler->setRawOutput(true);
 					return 'rawurlencode((string)' . $params[ 0 ] . ')';
 				case 'urlpathinfo':
+					$compiler->setRawOutput(true);
 					return 'str_replace("%2F", "/", rawurlencode((string)' . $params[ 0 ] . '))';
 				case 'quotes':
+					$compiler->setRawOutput(true);
 					// escape unescaped single quotes
 					return 'preg_replace("%(?<!\\\\\\\\)\'%", "\\\'", (string)' . $params[ 0 ] . ')';
 				case 'javascript':
+					$compiler->setRawOutput(true);
 					// escape quotes and backslashes, newlines, etc.
 					// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/scripting.html#restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements
 					return 'strtr((string)' .
@@ -54,4 +63,4 @@ class EscapeModifierCompiler extends Base {
 		}
 		return '$_smarty_tpl->getSmarty()->getModifierCallback(\'escape\')(' . join(', ', $params) . ')';
 	}
-}
+}

src/Compile/Modifier/IndentModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     indent
  * Purpose:  indent lines of text
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.indent.php indent (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/LowerModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     lower
  * Purpose:  convert string to lowercase
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.lower.php lower (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */

src/Compile/Modifier/Nl2brModifierCompiler.php

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     nl2br
  * Purpose:  insert HTML line breaks before all newlines in a string
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.modifier.nl2br.tpl nl2br (Smarty online manual)
  */
 
 class Nl2brModifierCompiler extends Base {

src/Compile/Modifier/RawModifierCompiler.php

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
+
+use Smarty\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Smarty raw modifier plugin
+ * Type:     modifier
+ * Name:     raw
+ * Purpose:  when escaping is enabled by default, generates a raw output of a variable
+ *
+ * @author Amaury Bouchard
+ */
+
+class RawModifierCompiler extends Base {
+
+	public function compile($params, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler) {
+		$compiler->setRawOutput(true);
+		return ($params[0]);
+	}
+}

src/Compile/Modifier/RoundModifierCompiler.php

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     round
  * Purpose:  Returns the rounded value of num to specified precision (number of digits after the decimal point)
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.modifier.round.tpl round (Smarty online manual)
  */
 
 class RoundModifierCompiler extends Base {

src/Compile/Modifier/StrRepeatModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     str_repeat
  * Purpose:  returns string repeated times times
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.modifier.str_repeat.tpl str_repeat (Smarty online manual)
  */
 
 class StrRepeatModifierCompiler extends Base {

src/Compile/Modifier/StringFormatModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     string_format
  * Purpose:  format strings via sprintf
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.string.format.php string_format (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/StripModifierCompiler.php

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Example:  {$var|strip} {$var|strip:" "}
  * Date:     September 25th, 2002
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.strip.php strip (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/StripTagsModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     strip_tags
  * Purpose:  strip html tags from text
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.modifier.strip.tags.tpl strip_tags (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/StrlenModifierCompiler.php

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     strlen
  * Purpose:  return the length of the given string
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.modifier.strlen.tpl strlen (Smarty online manual)
  */
 
 class StrlenModifierCompiler extends Base {

src/Compile/Modifier/UpperModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     lower
  * Purpose:  convert string to uppercase
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.upper.php lower (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/Modifier/WordWrapModifierCompiler.php

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Smarty\Compile\Modifier;
  * Name:     wordwrap
  * Purpose:  wrap a string of text at a given length
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.wordwrap.php wordwrap (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Uwe Tews
  */
 

src/Compile/ModifierCompiler.php

@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ class ModifierCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
-
-		$compiler->has_code = true;
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		$output = $parameter['value'];
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ class ModifierCompiler extends Base {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return $output;
+		return (string)$output;
 	}
 
 	/**

src/Compile/ObjectMethodCallCompiler.php

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class ObjectMethodCallCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		unset($_attr['nocache']);

src/Compile/PrintExpressionCompiler.php

@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ class PrintExpressionCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @return string
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
-
-		$compiler->has_code = true;
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
@@ -83,12 +82,13 @@ class PrintExpressionCompiler extends Base {
 					$output = $compiler->compileModifier($modifierlist, $output);
 				}
 
-				if ($compiler->getTemplate()->getSmarty()->escape_html) {
+				if ($compiler->getTemplate()->getSmarty()->escape_html && !$compiler->isRawOutput()) {
 					$output = "htmlspecialchars((string) ({$output}), ENT_QUOTES, '" . addslashes(\Smarty\Smarty::$_CHARSET) . "')";
 				}
 
 			}
 			$output = "<?php echo {$output};?>\n";
+			$compiler->setRawOutput(false);
 		}
 		return $output;
 	}

src/Compile/SpecialVariableCompiler.php

@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ class SpecialVariableCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
-
-		$compiler->has_code = true;
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		$_index = preg_split("/\]\[/", substr($parameter, 1, strlen($parameter) - 2));
 		$variable = smarty_strtolower_ascii($compiler->getId($_index[0]));
@@ -129,5 +128,7 @@ class SpecialVariableCompiler extends Base {
 			}
 			return $compiled_ref;
 		}
+
+		return '';
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/Append.php

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class Append extends Assign
      * @return string compiled code
      * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
      */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
-    {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
         // check and get attributes
         $_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);

src/Compile/Tag/Assign.php

@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ class Assign extends Base
      * @return string compiled code
      * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
      */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
-    {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
         $_nocache = false;
         // check and get attributes

src/Compile/Tag/BCPluginWrapper.php

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class BCPluginWrapper extends Base {
 	/**
 	 * @inheritDoc
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		return call_user_func($this->callback, $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args), $compiler->getSmarty());
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/Block.php

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Block extends Inheritance {
 	 * @param \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler compiler object
 	 * @param array $parameter array with compilation parameter
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null): string
 	{
 		if (!isset($compiler->_cache['blockNesting'])) {
 			$compiler->_cache['blockNesting'] = 0;
@@ -87,5 +87,6 @@ class Block extends Inheritance {
 		$compiler->getParser()->current_buffer = new Template();
 		$compiler->getTemplate()->getCompiled()->setNocacheCode(false);
 		$compiler->suppressNocacheProcessing = true;
+		return '';
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/BlockClose.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class BlockClose extends Inheritance {
 	 *
 	 * @return bool true
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null): string
 	{
 		[$_attr, $_nocache, $_buffer, $_has_nocache_code, $_className] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['block']);
 
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ class BlockClose extends Inheritance {
 		if ($compiler->_cache['blockNesting'] === 0) {
 			unset($compiler->_cache['blockNesting']);
 		}
-		$compiler->has_code = true;
 		$compiler->suppressNocacheProcessing = true;
 		return $output;
 	}

src/Compile/Tag/BreakTag.php

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class BreakTag extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null): string
 	{
 		[$levels, $foreachLevels] = $this->checkLevels($args, $compiler);
 		$output = "<?php ";

src/Compile/Tag/Call.php

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class Call extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		// save possible attributes

src/Compile/Tag/Capture.php

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class Capture extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		$buffer = $_attr['name'] ?? "'default'";
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ class Capture extends Base {
 			$compiler->openTag('nocache');
 		}
 
-		$_output = "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->getSmarty()->getRuntime('Capture')->open(\$_smarty_tpl, $buffer, $assign, $append);?>";
-		return $_output;
+		return "<?php \$_smarty_tpl->getSmarty()->getRuntime('Capture')->open(\$_smarty_tpl, $buffer, $assign, $append);?>";
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/CaptureClose.php

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class CaptureClose extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		if (array_pop($compiler->_cache['capture_stack'])) {
 			// pop the virtual {nocache} tag from the stack.

src/Compile/Tag/ConfigLoad.php

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class ConfigLoad extends Base {
 	 * @var array
 	 * @see BasePlugin
 	 */
-	protected $optional_attributes = ['section', 'scope'];
+	protected $optional_attributes = ['section'];
 
 	/**
 	 * Attribute definition: Overwrites base class.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ConfigLoad extends Base {
 	 * @var array
 	 * @see BasePlugin
 	 */
-	protected $option_flags = ['nocache', 'noscope'];
+	protected $option_flags = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * Compiles code for the {config_load} tag
@@ -62,12 +62,11 @@ class ConfigLoad extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
-		if ($_attr['nocache'] === true) {
-			$compiler->trigger_template_error('nocache option not allowed', null, true);
-		}
+
 		// save possible attributes
 		$conf_file = $_attr['file'];
 		$section = $_attr['section'] ?? 'null';

src/Compile/Tag/Debug.php

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class Debug extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes, may trigger errors
 		$this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 

src/Compile/Tag/ElseIfTag.php

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class ElseIfTag extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		[$nesting, $nocache_pushed] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['if', 'elseif']);
 

src/Compile/Tag/ElseTag.php

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class ElseTag extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		[$nesting, $compiler->tag_nocache] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['if', 'elseif']);
 		$this->openTag($compiler, 'else', [$nesting, $compiler->tag_nocache]);
 		return '<?php } else { ?>';

src/Compile/Tag/EvalTag.php

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class EvalTag extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		if (isset($_attr['assign'])) {

src/Compile/Tag/ExtendsTag.php

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ExtendsTag extends Inheritance {
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
-	protected $optional_attributes = ['extends_resource'];
+	protected $optional_attributes = [];
 
 	/**
 	 * Attribute definition: Overwrites base class.
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ class ExtendsTag extends Inheritance {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		if ($_attr['nocache'] === true) {
@@ -63,30 +64,7 @@ class ExtendsTag extends Inheritance {
 		}
 		// add code to initialize inheritance
 		$this->registerInit($compiler, true);
-		$file = trim($_attr['file'], '\'"');
-		if (strlen($file) > 8 && substr($file, 0, 8) === 'extends:') {
-			// generate code for each template
-			$files = array_reverse(explode('|', substr($file, 8)));
-			$i = 0;
-			foreach ($files as $file) {
-				if ($file[0] === '"') {
-					$file = trim($file, '".');
-				} else {
-					$file = "'{$file}'";
-				}
-				$i++;
-				if ($i === count($files) && isset($_attr['extends_resource'])) {
-					$this->compileEndChild($compiler);
-				}
-				$this->compileInclude($compiler, $file);
-			}
-			if (!isset($_attr['extends_resource'])) {
-				$this->compileEndChild($compiler);
-			}
-		} else {
-			$this->compileEndChild($compiler, $_attr['file']);
-		}
-		$compiler->has_code = false;
+		$this->compileEndChild($compiler, $_attr['file']);
 		return '';
 	}
 
@@ -106,42 +84,4 @@ class ExtendsTag extends Inheritance {
 			(isset($template) ?	", {$template}, \$_smarty_current_dir" : '') . ");\n?>"
 		);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Add code for including subtemplate to end of template
-	 *
-	 * @param \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler
-	 * @param string $template subtemplate name
-	 *
-	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
-	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
-	 */
-	private function compileInclude(\Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $template) {
-		$compiler->getParser()->template_postfix[] = new \Smarty\ParseTree\Tag(
-			$compiler->getParser(),
-			$compiler->compileTag(
-				'include',
-				[
-					$template,
-					['scope' => 'parent'],
-				]
-			)
-		);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create source code for {extends} from source components array
-	 *
-	 * @param \Smarty\Template $template
-	 *
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public static function extendsSourceArrayCode(\Smarty\Template $template) {
-		$resources = [];
-		foreach ($template->getSource()->components as $source) {
-			$resources[] = $source->resource;
-		}
-		return $template->getLeftDelimiter() . 'extends file=\'extends:' . join('|', $resources) .
-			'\' extends_resource=true' . $template->getRightDelimiter();
-	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/ForClose.php

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class ForClose extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting--;
 
 		[$openTag, $nocache_pushed] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['for', 'forelse']);

src/Compile/Tag/ForElse.php

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class ForElse extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		[$tagName, $nocache_pushed] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['for']);
 		$this->openTag($compiler, 'forelse', ['forelse', $nocache_pushed]);
 		return "<?php }} else { ?>";

src/Compile/Tag/ForTag.php

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class ForTag extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting++;
 		if ($parameter === 0) {
 			$this->required_attributes = ['start', 'to'];

src/Compile/Tag/ForeachClose.php

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class ForeachClose extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting--;
 
 		[$openTag, $nocache_pushed, $localVariablePrefix, $item, $restore] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['foreach', 'foreachelse']);

src/Compile/Tag/ForeachElse.php

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class ForeachElse extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		[$openTag, $nocache_pushed, $localVariablePrefix, $item, $restore] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['foreach']);
 		$this->openTag($compiler, 'foreachelse', ['foreachelse', $nocache_pushed, $localVariablePrefix, $item, false]);

src/Compile/Tag/ForeachTag.php

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class ForeachTag extends ForeachSection {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting++;
 		// init
 		$this->isNamed = false;

src/Compile/Tag/FunctionClose.php

@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ class FunctionClose extends Base {
 	 * @param array $args array with attributes from parser
 	 * @param object|\Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler compiler object
 	 *
-	 * @return bool true
+	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$this->compiler = $compiler;
 		$saved_data = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['function']);
 		$_attr = $saved_data[0];
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ class FunctionClose extends Base {
 		// restore old status
 		$compiler->getTemplate()->getCompiled()->setNocacheCode($saved_data[2]);
 		$compiler->getTemplate()->caching = $saved_data[3];
-		return true;
+		return '';
 	}
 
 	/**

src/Compile/Tag/FunctionTag.php

@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ class FunctionTag extends Base {
 	 * @param array $args array with attributes from parser
 	 * @param \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler compiler object
 	 *
-	 * @return bool true
+	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		if ($_attr['nocache'] === true) {
@@ -67,6 +68,6 @@ class FunctionTag extends Base {
 		// Init temporary context
 		$compiler->getParser()->current_buffer = new \Smarty\ParseTree\Template();
 		$compiler->getTemplate()->getCompiled()->setNocacheCode(false);
-		return true;
+		return '';
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/IfClose.php

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class IfClose extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		[$nesting, $nocache_pushed] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['if', 'else', 'elseif']);
 

src/Compile/Tag/IfTag.php

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class IfTag extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 
 		if ($compiler->tag_nocache) {
 			// push a {nocache} tag onto the stack to prevent caching of this block

src/Compile/Tag/IncludeTag.php

@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class IncludeTag extends Base {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$uid = $t_hash = null;
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);

src/Compile/Tag/Ldelim.php

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class Ldelim extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		if ($_attr['nocache'] === true) {
 			$compiler->trigger_template_error('nocache option not allowed', null, true);

src/Compile/Tag/Nocache.php

@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ class Nocache extends Base {
 	 * @param array $args array with attributes from parser
 	 * @param \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler compiler object
 	 *
-	 * @return bool
+	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$this->openTag($compiler, 'nocache');
-		// this tag does not return compiled code
-		$compiler->has_code = false;
-		return true;
+		return '';
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/NocacheClose.php

@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ class NocacheClose extends Base {
 	 * @param array $args array with attributes from parser
 	 * @param \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler compiler object
 	 *
-	 * @return bool
+	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$this->closeTag($compiler, ['nocache']);
-		// this tag does not return compiled code
-		$compiler->has_code = false;
-		return true;
+		return '';
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/Rdelim.php

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class Rdelim extends Ldelim {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		parent::compile($args, $compiler);
 		return $compiler->getTemplate()->getRightDelimiter();
 	}

src/Compile/Tag/Section.php

@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ class Section extends ForeachSection {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting++;
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ class Section extends ForeachSection {
 
 		if ($compiler->tag_nocache) {
 			// push a {nocache} tag onto the stack to prevent caching of this block
-			$this->openTag('nocache');
+			$this->openTag($compiler, 'nocache');
 		}
 
 		$this->openTag($compiler, 'section', ['section', $compiler->tag_nocache]);

src/Compile/Tag/SectionClose.php

@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ class SectionClose extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting--;
 
 		[$openTag, $nocache_pushed] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['section', 'sectionelse']);
 
 		if ($nocache_pushed) {
 			// pop the pushed virtual nocache tag
-			$this->closeTag('nocache');
+			$this->closeTag($compiler, 'nocache');
 		}
 
 		$output = "<?php\n";

src/Compile/Tag/SectionElse.php

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ class SectionElse extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		[$openTag, $nocache_pushed] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['section']);
 		$this->openTag($compiler, 'sectionelse', ['sectionelse', $nocache_pushed]);
 		return "<?php }} else {\n ?>";

src/Compile/Tag/Setfilter.php

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ class Setfilter extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->variable_filter_stack[] = $compiler->getSmarty()->getDefaultModifiers();
 
 		// The modifier_list is passed as an array of array's. The inner arrays have the modifier at index 0,
@@ -34,8 +35,6 @@ class Setfilter extends Base {
 
 		$compiler->getSmarty()->setDefaultModifiers($newList);
 
-		// this tag does not return compiled code
-		$compiler->has_code = false;
-		return true;
+		return '';
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/SetfilterClose.php

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class SetfilterClose extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 
 		// reset variable filter to previous state
@@ -37,8 +38,6 @@ class SetfilterClose extends Base {
 			count($compiler->variable_filter_stack) ? array_pop($compiler->variable_filter_stack) : []
 		);
 
-		// this tag does not return compiled code
-		$compiler->has_code = false;
-		return true;
+		return '';
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/WhileClose.php

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class WhileClose extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting--;
 
 		$nocache_pushed = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['while']);

src/Compile/Tag/WhileTag.php

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class WhileTag extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
+	{
 		$compiler->loopNesting++;
 
 		if ($compiler->tag_nocache) {

src/Compiler/CodeFrame.php

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CodeFrame
         $content = '',
         $functions = '',
         $cache = false,
-        \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler = null
+        ?\Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler = null
     ) {
         // build property code
         $properties[ 'version' ] = \Smarty\Smarty::SMARTY_VERSION;

src/Compiler/Template.php

@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	 */
 	public $prefixCodeStack = [];
 
-	/**
-	 * Tag has compiled code
-	 *
-	 * @var bool
-	 */
-	public $has_code = false;
-
 	/**
 	 * A variable string was compiled
 	 *
@@ -320,6 +313,12 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	 */
 	private $noCacheStackDepth = 0;
 
+	/**
+	 * disabled auto-escape (when set to true, the next variable output is not auto-escaped)
+	 *
+	 * @var boolean
+	 */
+	private $raw_output = false;
 
 	/**
 	 * Initialize compiler
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	 * @throws CompilerException
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public function compileTemplateSource(\Smarty\Template $template, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $parent_compiler = null) {
+	public function compileTemplateSource(\Smarty\Template $template, ?\Smarty\Compiler\Template $parent_compiler = null) {
 		try {
 			// save template object in compiler class
 			$this->template = $template;
@@ -410,21 +409,37 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 			}
 			// get template source
 			if (!empty($this->template->getSource()->components)) {
-				// we have array of inheritance templates by extends: resource
-				// generate corresponding source code sequence
-				$_content =
-					ExtendsTag::extendsSourceArrayCode($this->template);
+
+				$_compiled_code = '<?php $_smarty_tpl->getInheritance()->init($_smarty_tpl, true); ?>';
+
+				$i = 0;
+				$reversed_components = array_reverse($this->template->getSource()->components);
+				foreach ($reversed_components as $source) {
+					$i++;
+					if ($i === count($reversed_components)) {
+						$_compiled_code .= '<?php $_smarty_tpl->getInheritance()->endChild($_smarty_tpl); ?>';
+					}
+					$_compiled_code .= $this->compileTag(
+						'include',
+						[
+							var_export($source->resource, true),
+							['scope' => 'parent'],
+						]
+					);
+				}
+				$_compiled_code = $this->smarty->runPostFilters($_compiled_code, $this->template);
 			} else {
 				// get template source
 				$_content = $this->template->getSource()->getContent();
+				$_compiled_code = $this->smarty->runPostFilters(
+					$this->doCompile(
+						$this->smarty->runPreFilters($_content, $this->template),
+						true
+					),
+					$this->template
+				);
 			}
-			$_compiled_code = $this->smarty->runPostFilters(
-				$this->doCompile(
-					$this->smarty->runPreFilters($_content, $this->template),
-					true
-				),
-				$this->template
-			);
+
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
 			if ($this->smarty->debugging) {
 				$this->smarty->getDebug()->end_compile($this->template);
@@ -687,7 +702,8 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	 *
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function appendCode($left, $right) {
+	public function appendCode(string $left, string $right): string
+	{
 		if (preg_match('/\s*\?>\s?$/D', $left) && preg_match('/^<\?php\s+/', $right)) {
 			$left = preg_replace('/\s*\?>\s?$/D', "\n", $left);
 			$left .= preg_replace('/^<\?php\s+/', '', $right);
@@ -1063,7 +1079,7 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 		$prefixArray = array_merge($this->prefix_code, array_pop($this->prefixCodeStack));
 		$this->prefixCodeStack[] = [];
 		foreach ($prefixArray as $c) {
-			$code = $this->appendCode($code, $c);
+			$code = $this->appendCode($code, (string) $c);
 		}
 		$this->prefix_code = [];
 		return $code;
@@ -1074,12 +1090,10 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	}
 
 	public function compileChildBlock() {
-		$this->has_code = true;
 		return $this->blockCompiler->compileChild($this);
 	}
 
 	public function compileParentBlock() {
-		$this->has_code = true;
 		return $this->blockCompiler->compileParent($this);
 	}
 
@@ -1096,8 +1110,6 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	 */
 	private function compileTag2($tag, $args, $parameter) {
 		// $args contains the attributes parsed and compiled by the lexer/parser
-		// assume that tag does compile into code, but creates no HTML output
-		$this->has_code = true;
 
 		$this->handleNocacheFlag($args);
 
@@ -1106,12 +1118,10 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 			if (!isset($this->smarty->security_policy) || $this->smarty->security_policy->isTrustedTag($tag, $this)) {
 				$this->tag_nocache = $this->tag_nocache | !$tagCompiler->isCacheable();
 				$_output = $tagCompiler->compile($args, $this, $parameter);
-				if ($_output !== false) {
-					if (!empty($parameter['modifierlist'])) {
-						throw new CompilerException('No modifiers allowed on ' . $tag);
-					}
-					return $this->has_code && $_output !== true ? $_output : null;
+				if (!empty($parameter['modifierlist'])) {
+					throw new CompilerException('No modifiers allowed on ' . $tag);
 				}
+				return $_output;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1124,8 +1134,7 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 
 			$args['_attr']['name'] = "'{$tag}'";
 			$tagCompiler = $this->getTagCompiler('call');
-			$_output = $tagCompiler === null ? false : $tagCompiler->compile($args, $this, $parameter);
-			return $this->has_code ? $_output : null;
+			return $tagCompiler === null ? false : $tagCompiler->compile($args, $this, $parameter);
 		}
 
 		// remaining tastes: (object-)function, (object-function-)block, custom-compiler
@@ -1483,4 +1492,21 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	public function getTagStack(): array {
 		return $this->_tag_stack;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Should the next variable output be raw (true) or auto-escaped (false)
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function isRawOutput(): bool {
+		return $this->raw_output;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Should the next variable output be raw (true) or auto-escaped (false)
+	 * @param bool $raw_output
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function setRawOutput(bool $raw_output): void {
+		$this->raw_output = $raw_output;
+	}
 }

src/CompilerException.php

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ class CompilerException extends Exception {
 	 * @param int $code The Exception code.
 	 * @param string|null $filename The filename where the exception is thrown.
 	 * @param int|null $line The line number where the exception is thrown.
-	 * @param Throwable|null $previous The previous exception used for the exception chaining.
+	 * @param \Throwable|null $previous The previous exception used for the exception chaining.
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
 		string    $message = "",
 		int       $code = 0,
 		?string   $filename = null,
 		?int      $line = null,
-		Throwable $previous = null
+		?\Throwable $previous = null
 	) {
 		parent::__construct($message, $code, $previous);
 

src/Data.php

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Data
             foreach ($tpl_var as $_key => $_val) {
                 $this->assign($_key, $_val, $nocache, $scope);
             }
-			return;
+			return $this;
         }
 		switch ($scope ?? $this->getDefaultScope()) {
 			case self::SCOPE_GLOBAL:
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ class Data
      *                              be not cached
      *
      * @return Data
-     * @link https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.append.tpl
-     *
      * @api  Smarty::append()
      */
 	public function append($tpl_var, $value = null, $merge = false, $nocache = false)
@@ -218,7 +216,6 @@ class Data
      *
      * @return mixed variable value or or array of variables
      * @api  Smarty::getTemplateVars()
-     * @link https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.get.template.vars.tpl
      *
      */
     public function getTemplateVars($varName = null, $searchParents = true)
@@ -227,7 +224,10 @@ class Data
 			return $this->getValue($varName, $searchParents);
 	    }
 
-		return array_merge($this->parent && $searchParents ? $this->parent->getTemplateVars() : [], $this->tpl_vars);
+		return array_merge(
+			$this->parent && $searchParents ? $this->parent->getTemplateVars() : [],
+			array_map(function(Variable $var) { return $var->getValue(); }, $this->tpl_vars)
+		);
     }
 
 	/**
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class Data
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function hasVariable($varName): bool {
-		return !($this->getVariable($varName) instanceof UndefinedVariable);
+		return !($this->getVariable($varName, true, false) instanceof UndefinedVariable);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ class Data
 	 * @param string|array $tpl_var the template variable(s) to clear
 	 *
 	 * @return Data
-	 * @link https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.clear.assign.tpl
 	 *
 	 * @api  Smarty::clearAssign()
 	 */
@@ -371,7 +370,6 @@ class Data
 	 * clear all the assigned template variables.
 	 *
 	 * @return Data
-	 * @link https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.clear.all.assign.tpl
 	 *
 	 * @api  Smarty::clearAllAssign()
 	 */
@@ -387,7 +385,6 @@ class Data
 	 * @param string|null $name variable name or null
 	 *
 	 * @return Data
-	 * @link https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.clear.config.tpl
 	 *
 	 * @api  Smarty::clearConfig()
 	 */
@@ -440,7 +437,6 @@ class Data
 	 *
 	 * @return mixed variable value or or array of variables
 	 * @throws Exception
-	 * @link https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.get.config.vars.tpl
 	 *
 	 * @api  Smarty::getConfigVars()
 	 */
@@ -462,7 +458,6 @@ class Data
 
 	 * @returns $this
 	 * @throws \Exception
-	 * @link https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/api.config.load.tpl
 	 *
 	 * @api  Smarty::configLoad()
 	 */

src/Extension/DefaultExtension.php

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 			case 'lower': $this->modifiers[$modifier] = new \Smarty\Compile\Modifier\LowerModifierCompiler(); break;
 			case 'nl2br': $this->modifiers[$modifier] = new \Smarty\Compile\Modifier\Nl2brModifierCompiler(); break;
 			case 'noprint': $this->modifiers[$modifier] = new \Smarty\Compile\Modifier\NoPrintModifierCompiler(); break;
+			case 'raw': $this->modifiers[$modifier] = new \Smarty\Compile\Modifier\RawModifierCompiler(); break;
 			case 'round': $this->modifiers[$modifier] = new \Smarty\Compile\Modifier\RoundModifierCompiler(); break;
 			case 'str_repeat': $this->modifiers[$modifier] = new \Smarty\Compile\Modifier\StrRepeatModifierCompiler(); break;
 			case 'string_format': $this->modifiers[$modifier] = new \Smarty\Compile\Modifier\StringFormatModifierCompiler(); break;
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 	 * Name:     spacify
 	 * Purpose:  add spaces between characters in a string
 	 *
-	 * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.spacify.php spacify (Smarty online manual)
 	 * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 	 *
 	 * @param string $string       input string
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 	 *          - format: strftime format for output
 	 *          - default_date: default date if $string is empty
 	 *
-	 * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.date.format.php date_format (Smarty online manual)
 	 * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 	 *
 	 * @param string $string       input date string
@@ -386,7 +385,6 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 	 * Name:     escape
 	 * Purpose:  escape string for output
 	 *
-	 * @link   https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/language.modifier.escape
 	 * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 	 *
 	 * @param string  $string        input string
@@ -654,8 +652,6 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 	 * Name:     regex_replace
 	 * Purpose:  regular expression search/replace
 	 *
-	 * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.regex.replace.php
-	 *          regex_replace (Smarty online manual)
 	 * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 	 *
 	 * @param string       $string  input string
@@ -703,7 +699,6 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 	 * Name:     replace
 	 * Purpose:  simple search/replace
 	 *
-	 * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.replace.php replace (Smarty online manual)
 	 * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 	 * @author Uwe Tews
 	 *
@@ -726,7 +721,6 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 	 *               optionally splitting in the middle of a word, and
 	 *               appending the $etc string or inserting $etc into the middle.
 	 *
-	 * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.truncate.php truncate (Smarty online manual)
 	 * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
 	 *
 	 * @param string  $string      input string
@@ -760,4 +754,4 @@ class DefaultExtension extends Base {
 		return $string;
 	}
 
-}
+}

src/FunctionHandler/Counter.php

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ use Smarty\Template;
  * @param Template $template template object
  *
  * @return string|null
- *@link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.counter.php {counter}
- *         (Smarty online manual)
  *
  * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
  */

src/FunctionHandler/Cycle.php

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ use Smarty\Template;
  * {cycle name=row values="one,two,three" reset=true}
  * {cycle name=row}
  *
- * @link    https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.cycle.php {cycle}
- *           (Smarty online manual)
  * @author  Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
  * @author  credit to Mark Priatel <mpriatel@rogers.com>
  * @author  credit to Gerard <gerard@interfold.com>

src/FunctionHandler/Fetch.php

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ use Smarty\Template;
  * Name:     fetch
  * Purpose:  fetch file, web or ftp data and display results
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.fetch.php {fetch}
- *         (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
  *
  * @param array                    $params   parameters

src/FunctionHandler/HtmlCheckboxes.php

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ use Smarty\Template;
  * - assign     (optional) - assign the output as an array to this variable
  * - escape     (optional) - escape the content (not value), defaults to true
  *
- * @link    https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.html.checkboxes.php {html_checkboxes}
- *             (Smarty online manual)
  * @author  Christopher Kvarme <christopher.kvarme@flashjab.com>
  * @author  credits to Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
  * @version 1.0

src/FunctionHandler/HtmlImage.php

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ use Smarty\Template;
  * - basedir     - (optional) - base directory for absolute paths, default is environment variable DOCUMENT_ROOT
  * - path_prefix - prefix for path output (optional, default empty)
  *
- * @link    https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.html.image.php {html_image}
- *          (Smarty online manual)
  * @author  Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
  * @author  credits to Duda <duda@big.hu>
  * @version 1.0

src/FunctionHandler/HtmlOptions.php

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ use Smarty\Template;
  * - id         (optional) - string default not set
  * - class      (optional) - string default not set
  *
- * @link   https://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.function.html.options.php {html_image}
- *           (Smarty online manual)
  * @author Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
  * @author Ralf Strehle (minor optimization) <ralf dot strehle at yahoo dot de>
  *