Merge branch 'release/5.4.5'

Fix: Implicitly marking parameter $_template as nullable is deprecated, the explicit nullable type must be used instead

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -38,31 +38,10 @@ jobs:
         compiler:
           - default
 
-        include:
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            php-version: "8.0"
-            compiler: jit
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            php-version: "8.1"
-            compiler: jit
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            php-version: "8.2"
-            compiler: jit
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            php-version: "8.3"
-            compiler: jit
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            php-version: "8.4"
-            compiler: jit
-
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Override PHP ini values for JIT compiler
-      if: matrix.compiler == 'jit'
-      run: echo "PHP_INI_VALUES::assert.exception=1, zend.assertions=1, opcache.enable=1, opcache.enable_cli=1, opcache.optimization_level=-1, opcache.jit=1255, opcache.jit_buffer_size=32M" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
     - name: Install PHP with extensions
       uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
       with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [5.4.5] - 2025-04-15
+- Fixed deprecation notice in StringEval in PHP8.4 [#1119](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1119)
+
+
 ## [5.4.4] - 2025-04-13
 - Fix syntax error occurring when registering a function plugin that ends with the string 'close' [#1122](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1122)
 - Replace SMARTY_VERSION constant with $smarty.version in debug.tpl [#1073](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/issues/1073)

README.md

@@ -18,3 +18,10 @@ composer require smarty/smarty
 ````
 
 More in the [Getting Started](./docs/getting-started.md) section of the docs.
+
+## Sponsors
+
+Smarty is sponsored by:
+- Marc Laporte [@marclaporte](https://github.com/marclaporte)
+
+Thank you!

src/Resource/StringEval.php

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class StringEval extends RecompiledPlugin
      *
      * @return void
      */
-    public function populate(\Smarty\Template\Source $source, \Smarty\Template $_template = null)
+    public function populate(\Smarty\Template\Source $source, ?\Smarty\Template $_template = null)
     {
         $source->uid = sha1($source->name);
         $source->timestamp = $source->exists = true;

src/Smarty.php

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class Smarty extends \Smarty\TemplateBase {
 	/**
 	 * smarty version
 	 */
-	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.4';
+	const SMARTY_VERSION = '5.4.5';
 
 	/**
 	 * define caching modes