smarty-php / smarty-php/smarty

Support nullsafe operator

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Description

PHP supports the nullsafe operator ?-> since version 8, so it would be fine, if this were reflected in Smarty as well. A rather simple patch should suffice, see attachment (but I am not a parser expert, as in the suggestions a couple of days ago).

patch.txt

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Research direction

Review the attached patch.txt first, then locate the Smarty parser entry point and related parser tests that it targets. Confirm that templates using PHP 8's nullsafe operator parse and render correctly, while existing syntax remains unaffected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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