We are happy to announce the immediate release of Zephir 0.13.0.

Along with several enhancements, interface checks and bug fixes, Zephir 0.13.0 offers support for PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.0, which is a big milestone!

This release aligns with our goals for Phalcon and the upcoming v5 release which will support only PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.0

Changelog

Added

• Added support of PHP 8.0 #2111, #2165

Changed

• Dropped support of PHP <= 7.4 versions #2111
• Removed call of generate command inside compile call #2150
• Removed call of compile command inside install call #2150

Fixed

• Fixed parameters type detection in methods/functions (PHP >= 8.0 only)
• Fixed not adding all build directories #2144

Also in versions 0.12.21 and 0.12.20, the following issues were resolved:

Fixed

• Fixed path separators in generated config.m4 file on Windows #2153
• Fixed missing kernel directory at build time ice/framework#271
• Fixed stubs generation for case with array declaration with square brackets in params
• Fixed parameters positioning for implode() php function #2120

Added

• Added supports void type return value for stubs phalcon/ide-stubs#50 #1977

A huge thank you to the community and contributors!

Cross posted from the Zephir Blog

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