Zephir 0.13.0 Released

We are happy to announce the immediate release of Zephir 0.13.0.<!--more-->

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 stubsphalcon/ide-stubs#50#1977

A huge thank you to the community and contributors!

Cross posted from the Zephir Blog