rebase of j-applese3d:smarty5

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [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)
 

TODO.txt

@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@
 
 ## 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?

changelog/918.md

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- 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)

changelog/952.md

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Fixed that scoped variables would overwrite parent scope [#952](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/952)
+- Removed publicly accessible `$tpl->_var_stack` variable

src/Compile/Base.php

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

src/Compile/BlockCompiler.php

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ class BlockCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @throws CompilerException
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 
 		if (!isset($tag[5]) || substr($tag, -5) !== 'close') {
 			$output = $this->compileOpeningTag($compiler, $args, $tag, $function);
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ class BlockCompiler extends Base {
 			);
 		}
 		$compiler->_cache['blockParams'][$compiler->_cache['blockNesting']]['callsChild'] = true;
+		$compiler->has_code = true;
 		$compiler->suppressNocacheProcessing = true;
 
 		$output = "<?php \n";
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ 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 $parameter array with compilation parameter
 	 *
-	 * @return string compiled code as a string
+	 * @return bool|string compiled code or true if no code has been compiled
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string;
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null);
 
 	public function isCacheable(): bool;
 }

src/Compile/DefaultHandlerFunctionCallCompiler.php

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

src/Compile/FunctionCallCompiler.php

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

src/Compile/ModifierCompiler.php

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

src/Compile/ObjectMethodCallCompiler.php

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

src/Compile/PrintExpressionCompiler.php

@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ class PrintExpressionCompiler extends Base {
 	 * @return string
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
+
+		$compiler->has_code = true;
 
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);

src/Compile/SpecialVariableCompiler.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/BCPluginWrapper.php

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ class BCPluginWrapper extends Base {
 	/**
 	 * @inheritDoc
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		return call_user_func($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, $function = null): string
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
 	{
 		if (!isset($compiler->_cache['blockNesting'])) {
 			$compiler->_cache['blockNesting'] = 0;
@@ -87,6 +87,5 @@ 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, $function = null): string
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
 	{
 		[$_attr, $_nocache, $_buffer, $_has_nocache_code, $_className] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['block']);
 
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ 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, $function = null): string
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = array(), $tag = null, $function = null)
 	{
 		[$levels, $foreachLevels] = $this->checkLevels($args, $compiler);
 		$output = "<?php ";

src/Compile/Tag/Call.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/Capture.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/CaptureClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/ConfigLoad.php

@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ class ConfigLoad extends Base {
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		if ($_attr['nocache'] === true) {

src/Compile/Tag/Debug.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/ElseIfTag.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/ElseTag.php

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ class ElseTag extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		[$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

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

src/Compile/Tag/ExtendsTag.php

@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ class ExtendsTag extends Inheritance {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 		if ($_attr['nocache'] === true) {
@@ -87,6 +86,7 @@ class ExtendsTag extends Inheritance {
 		} else {
 			$this->compileEndChild($compiler, $_attr['file']);
 		}
+		$compiler->has_code = false;
 		return '';
 	}
 

src/Compile/Tag/ForClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/ForElse.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/ForTag.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/ForeachClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/ForeachElse.php

@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ class ForeachElse extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 
 		[$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

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

src/Compile/Tag/FunctionClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/FunctionTag.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/IfClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/IfTag.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/IncludeTag.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/Ldelim.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/Nocache.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/NocacheClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/Rdelim.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/Section.php

@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ class Section extends ForeachSection {
 	 * @throws \Smarty\CompilerException
 	 * @throws \Smarty\Exception
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		$compiler->loopNesting++;
 		// check and get attributes
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);

src/Compile/Tag/SectionClose.php

@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ class SectionClose extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		$compiler->loopNesting--;
 
 		[$openTag, $nocache_pushed] = $this->closeTag($compiler, ['section', 'sectionelse']);

src/Compile/Tag/SectionElse.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/Setfilter.php

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ class Setfilter extends Base {
 	 *
 	 * @return string compiled code
 	 */
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		$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,
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ class Setfilter extends Base {
 
 		$compiler->getSmarty()->setDefaultModifiers($newList);
 
-		return '';
+		// this tag does not return compiled code
+		$compiler->has_code = false;
+		return true;
 	}
 }

src/Compile/Tag/SetfilterClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/WhileClose.php

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

src/Compile/Tag/WhileTag.php

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

src/Compiler/Template.php

@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 	 */
 	public $prefixCodeStack = [];
 
+	/**
+	 * Tag has compiled code
+	 *
+	 * @var bool
+	 */
+	public $has_code = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * A variable string was compiled
 	 *
@@ -1067,10 +1074,12 @@ 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);
 	}
 
@@ -1087,6 +1096,8 @@ 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);
 
@@ -1095,10 +1106,12 @@ 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, $parameter);
-				if (!empty($parameter['modifierlist'])) {
-					throw new CompilerException('No modifiers allowed on ' . $tag);
+				if ($_output !== false) {
+					if (!empty($parameter['modifierlist'])) {
+						throw new CompilerException('No modifiers allowed on ' . $tag);
+					}
+					return $this->has_code && $_output !== true ? $_output : null;
 				}
-				return $_output;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1111,7 +1124,8 @@ class Template extends BaseCompiler {
 
 			$args['_attr']['name'] = "'{$tag}'";
 			$tagCompiler = $this->getTagCompiler('call');
-			return $tagCompiler === null ? false : $tagCompiler->compile($args, $this, $parameter);
+			$_output = $tagCompiler === null ? false : $tagCompiler->compile($args, $this, $parameter);
+			return $this->has_code ? $_output : null;
 		}
 
 		// remaining tastes: (object-)function, (object-function-)block, custom-compiler

src/Lexer/TemplateLexer.php

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class TemplateLexer
                                                'OPENB'       => '[',
                                                'CLOSEB'      => ']',
                                                'PTR'         => '->',
+                                               'NSPTR'       => '?->',
                                                'APTR'        => '=>',
                                                'EQUAL'       => '=',
                                                'NUMBER'      => 'number',
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ class TemplateLexer
     public function yylex3()
     {
         if (!isset($this->yy_global_pattern3)) {
-            $this->yy_global_pattern3 = $this->replace("/\G(\\s*SMARTYrdel)|\G((SMARTYldel)SMARTYal)|\G([\"])|\G('[^'\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^'\\\\]*)*')|\G([$][0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)|\G([$])|\G(\\s+is\\s+in\\s+)|\G(\\s+as\\s+)|\G(\\s+to\\s+)|\G(\\s+step\\s+)|\G(\\s+instanceof\\s+)|\G(\\s*([!=][=]{1,2}|[<][=>]?|[>][=]?|[&|]{2})\\s*)|\G(\\s+(eq|ne|neq|gt|ge|gte|lt|le|lte|mod|and|or|xor)\\s+)|\G(\\s+is\\s+(not\\s+)?(odd|even|div)\\s+by\\s+)|\G(\\s+is\\s+(not\\s+)?(odd|even))|\G([!]\\s*|not\\s+)|\G([(](int(eger)?|bool(ean)?|float|double|real|string|binary|array|object)[)]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[(]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[)])|\G(\\[\\s*)|\G(\\s*\\])|\G(\\s*[-][>]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[=][>]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[=]\\s*)|\G(([+]|[-]){2})|\G(\\s*([+]|[-])\\s*)|\G(\\s*([*]{1,2}|[%\/^&]|[<>]{2})\\s*)|\G([@])|\G(array\\s*[(]\\s*)|\G([#])|\G(\\s+[0-9]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-:]*\\s*[=]\\s*)|\G(([0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)?(\\\\[0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)+)|\G([0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)|\G(\\d+)|\G([`])|\G([|][@]?)|\G([.])|\G(\\s*[,]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[;]\\s*)|\G([:]{2})|\G(\\s*[:]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[?]\\s*)|\G(0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+)|\G(\\s+)|\G([\S\s])/isS");
+            $this->yy_global_pattern3 = $this->replace("/\G(\\s*SMARTYrdel)|\G((SMARTYldel)SMARTYal)|\G([\"])|\G('[^'\\\\]*(?:\\\\.[^'\\\\]*)*')|\G([$][0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)|\G([$])|\G(\\s+is\\s+in\\s+)|\G(\\s+as\\s+)|\G(\\s+to\\s+)|\G(\\s+step\\s+)|\G(\\s+instanceof\\s+)|\G(\\s*([!=][=]{1,2}|[<][=>]?|[>][=]?|[&|]{2})\\s*)|\G(\\s+(eq|ne|neq|gt|ge|gte|lt|le|lte|mod|and|or|xor)\\s+)|\G(\\s+is\\s+(not\\s+)?(odd|even|div)\\s+by\\s+)|\G(\\s+is\\s+(not\\s+)?(odd|even))|\G([!]\\s*|not\\s+)|\G([(](int(eger)?|bool(ean)?|float|double|real|string|binary|array|object)[)]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[(]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[)])|\G(\\[\\s*)|\G(\\s*\\])|\G(\\s*[-][>]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[?][-][>]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[=][>]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[=]\\s*)|\G(([+]|[-]){2})|\G(\\s*([+]|[-])\\s*)|\G(\\s*([*]{1,2}|[%\/^&]|[<>]{2})\\s*)|\G([@])|\G(array\\s*[(]\\s*)|\G([#])|\G(\\s+[0-9]*[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-:]*\\s*[=]\\s*)|\G(([0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)?(\\\\[0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)+)|\G([0-9]*[a-zA-Z_]\\w*)|\G(\\d+)|\G([`])|\G([|][@]?)|\G([.])|\G(\\s*[,]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[;]\\s*)|\G([:]{2})|\G(\\s*[:]\\s*)|\G(\\s*[?]\\s*)|\G(0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+)|\G(\\s+)|\G([\S\s])/isS");
         }
         if (!isset($this->dataLength)) {
             $this->dataLength = strlen($this->data);
@@ -737,44 +738,49 @@ class TemplateLexer
     public function yy_r3_33()
     {
 
-        $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_APTR;
+         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_NSPTR;
          }
     public function yy_r3_34()
     {
 
-        $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_EQUAL;
+        $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_APTR;
          }
     public function yy_r3_35()
+    {
+
+        $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_EQUAL;
+         }
+    public function yy_r3_36()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_INCDEC;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_37()
+    public function yy_r3_38()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_UNIMATH;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_39()
+    public function yy_r3_40()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_MATH;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_41()
+    public function yy_r3_42()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_AT;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_42()
+    public function yy_r3_43()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_ARRAYOPEN;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_43()
+    public function yy_r3_44()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_HATCH;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_44()
+    public function yy_r3_45()
     {
 
         // resolve conflicts with shorttag and right_delimiter starting with '='
@@ -786,73 +792,73 @@ class TemplateLexer
             $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_ATTR;
         }
          }
-    public function yy_r3_45()
+    public function yy_r3_46()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_NAMESPACE;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_48()
+    public function yy_r3_49()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_ID;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_49()
+    public function yy_r3_50()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_INTEGER;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_50()
+    public function yy_r3_51()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_BACKTICK;
         $this->yypopstate();
          }
-    public function yy_r3_51()
+    public function yy_r3_52()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_VERT;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_52()
+    public function yy_r3_53()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_DOT;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_53()
+    public function yy_r3_54()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_COMMA;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_54()
+    public function yy_r3_55()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_SEMICOLON;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_55()
+    public function yy_r3_56()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_DOUBLECOLON;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_56()
+    public function yy_r3_57()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_COLON;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_57()
+    public function yy_r3_58()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_QMARK;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_58()
+    public function yy_r3_59()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_HEX;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_59()
+    public function yy_r3_60()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_SPACE;
          }
-    public function yy_r3_60()
+    public function yy_r3_61()
     {
 
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_TEXT;

src/Lexer/TemplateLexer.plex

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class TemplateLexer
                                                'OPENB'       => '[',
                                                'CLOSEB'      => ']',
                                                'PTR'         => '->',
+                                               'NSPTR'       => '?->',
                                                'APTR'        => '=>',
                                                'EQUAL'       => '=',
                                                'NUMBER'      => 'number',
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ class TemplateLexer
      equal = ~\s*[=]\s*~
      space = ~\s+~
      ptr = ~\s*[-][>]\s*~
+     nsptr = ~\s*[?][-][>]\s*~
      aptr = ~\s*[=][>]\s*~
      singlequotestring = ~'[^'\\]*(?:\\.[^'\\]*)*'~
      backtick = ~[`]~
@@ -514,6 +516,9 @@ class TemplateLexer
      ptr {
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_PTR;
      }
+     nsptr {
+         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_NSPTR;
+     }
      aptr {
         $this->token = \Smarty\Parser\TemplateParser::TP_APTR;
      }

src/Parser/TemplateParser.y

@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ literal_e1(A) ::= . {
 }
                       // Smarty tag
 template       ::= template smartytag(B). {
-     $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, $this->mergePrefixCode(B));
+      if ($this->compiler->has_code) {
+          $this->current_buffer->append_subtree($this, $this->mergePrefixCode(B));
+      }
      $this->compiler->has_variable_string = false;
      $this->block_nesting_level = $this->compiler->getTagStackCount();
 }
@@ -430,6 +432,16 @@ tag(res)   ::= LDEL ID(i) PTR ID(me) modifierlist(l) attributes(a). {
     res = $this->compiler->compileTag(i,a,array('modifierlist'=>l, 'object_method'=>me));
 }
 
+// registered ns object tag
+tag(res)   ::= LDEL ID(i) NSPTR ID(m) attributes(a). {
+    res = $this->compiler->compileTag(i,a,array('object_method'=>m));
+}
+
+                  // registered ns object tag with modifiers
+tag(res)   ::= LDEL ID(i) NSPTR ID(me) modifierlist(l) attributes(a). {
+    res = $this->compiler->compileTag(i,a,array('modifierlist'=>l, 'object_method'=>me));
+}
+
                   // {if}, {elseif} and {while} tag
 tag(res)   ::= LDELIF(i) expr(ie). {
     $tag = trim(substr(i,$this->compiler->getLdelLength())); 
@@ -1054,6 +1066,40 @@ objectelement(res)::= PTR method(f).  {
     res = '->'.f;
 }
 
+                    // variable
+objectelement(res)::= NSPTR ID(i) arrayindex(a). {
+    if ($this->security && substr(i,0,1) === '_') {
+        $this->compiler->trigger_template_error (self::ERR1);
+    }
+    res = '?->'.i.a;
+}
+
+objectelement(res)::= NSPTR varvar(v) arrayindex(a). {
+    if ($this->security) {
+        $this->compiler->trigger_template_error (self::ERR2);
+    }
+    res = '?->{'.$this->compiler->compileVariable(v).a.'}';
+}
+
+objectelement(res)::= NSPTR LDEL expr(e) RDEL arrayindex(a). {
+    if ($this->security) {
+        $this->compiler->trigger_template_error (self::ERR2);
+    }
+    res = '?->{'.e.a.'}';
+}
+
+objectelement(res)::= NSPTR ID(ii) LDEL expr(e) RDEL arrayindex(a). {
+    if ($this->security) {
+        $this->compiler->trigger_template_error (self::ERR2);
+    }
+    res = '?->{\''.ii.'\'.'.e.a.'}';
+}
+
+                    // method
+objectelement(res)::= NSPTR method(f).  {
+    res = '?->'.f;
+}
+
 
 //
 // function

src/Smarty.php

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.0.0';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.0.0-rc3';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes

tests/UnitTests/SecurityTests/SecurityTest.php

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class SecurityTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
     }
 /**
  * 
- * @group slow
+ * 
 */
     public function testTrustedUri()
     {

tests/UnitTests/SmartyMethodsTests/RegisterBlock/RegisterBlockTest.php

@@ -304,8 +304,7 @@ class blockparamsCompiler extends \Smarty\Compile\Base {
 	protected $shorttag_order = ["first", "second"];
 	protected $optional_attributes = ["first", "second"];
 
-	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 		$_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
 
 		$output = '';

tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/CompilerPlugin/PHPunitplugins/compiler.test.php

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ use Smarty\Compile\Base;
 class smarty_compiler_test extends Base
 {
 
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
         $this->required_attributes = array('data');
 
         $_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);

tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/CompilerPlugin/PHPunitplugins/compiler.testclose.php

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ use Smarty\Compile\Base;
 class smarty_compiler_testclose extends Base
 {
 
-	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+	public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null) {
 
 		$this->closeTag($compiler, 'test');
 

tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/PluginFunction/PluginFunctionFetchTest.php

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class PluginFunctionFetchTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
 * test {fetch} from UIR
 *
 * 
-* @group slow
+* 
 */
    public function testFetchUri()
     {

tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/TagTests/TemplateFunction/CompileFunctionTest.php

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class CompileFunctionTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
      * 
      * @dataProvider functionProvider
      * test simple function call tag
+     *
      */
     public function testSimpleFunction_001($text)
     {

tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/ValueTests/Objects/ObjectVariableTest.php

@@ -93,6 +93,33 @@ class ObjectVariableTest extends PHPUnit_Smarty
         $tpl->assign('object', $object);
         $this->assertEquals('hello world', $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
     }
+
+	public function testNullSafeOperatorSimple()
+	{
+		$object = new VariableObject;
+		$tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('string:{$object?->hello}');
+		$tpl->assign('object', $object);
+		$this->assertEquals('hello_world', $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
+
+		$object = null;
+		$tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('string:{$object?->hello}');
+		$tpl->assign('object', $object);
+		$this->assertEquals((string)null, $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
+	}
+
+	public function testNullSafeOperatorChaining()
+	{
+		$object = new VariableObject;
+		$tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('string:{$object?->returnSelf()?->myhello()}');
+		$tpl->assign('object', $object);
+		$this->assertEquals('hello world', $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
+
+		$tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('string:{$object?->returnNull()?->myhello()}');
+		$tpl->assign('object', $object);
+		$this->assertEquals((string)null, $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
+	}
+
+
 }
 
 Class VariableObject
@@ -103,4 +130,14 @@ Class VariableObject
     {
         return 'hello world';
     }
+
+	public function returnSelf()
+	{
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	public function returnNull()
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
 }

tests/UnitTests/__shared/PHPunitplugins/compiler.getparamsshort.php

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class smarty_compiler_getparamsshort extends Base
      */
     public $shorttag_order = array('s1', 's2', 's3');
 
-    public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null): string
-	{
+    public function compile($args, \Smarty\Compiler\Template $compiler, $parameter = [], $tag = null, $function = null)
+    {
         $_attr = $this->getAttributes($compiler, $args);
         $output = '<?php echo "array(';
              foreach ($_attr as $key => $value) {