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• New major bump due to increased minimum PHP requirements (from PHP 7 to PHP 8)
• Supports PHP 8.4 without deprecation warnings for implicit null

What's Changed

• Apply PHP 8.2's SensitiveParameter attribute to all string parameters by @TimWolla in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/48
• Remove obsolete psalm suppressions by @TimWolla in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/47
• Fix typo by @krsriq in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/51
• Add PHP 8.2 to ci.yml by @TimWolla in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/49
• Make CanonicalTrait::getNextChar() an abstract method instead a `@m… by @TimWolla in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/54
• Make PHPUnit data providers static by @TimWolla in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/53
• Add PHP 8.3 to ci.yml by @TimWolla in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/52
• chore: fix ci deprecations by @Chris53897 in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/57
• Fix: unreachable code typo by @Grundik in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/56

New Contributors

• @krsriq made their first contribution in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/51
• @Chris53897 made their first contribution in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/57
• @Grundik made their first contribution in https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/pull/56

Full Changelog: https://github.com/paragonie/constant_time_encoding/compare/v2.6.3...v2.7.0

• #40 - Improved performance of Hex
• #43 / #46 - Add .gitattributes to .gitattributes
• #41 - Consistent use of \ global namespace qualifiers

• #45 Fix regression from 2.6.1

• Fix #44 - Thanks @HacKanCuBa!

• Resolved #22 by fixing the behavior of strict mode (decode($str, true)).
• Added decodeNoPadding() to Base32, Base64, and its child classes.
  • This is a strict variant of the encoding that doesn't accept = padding at all.

• Switched from Travis CI to GitHub Actions
• Fix parameter names for PHP 8
• Cover PHP 8.1+ in unit testing

• Support PHP 8
• Migrate to GitHub Actions

• #25 - Fixed exception message
• Support PHP 8

Supports PHP 7.3, 7.4, and 8.x (currently only for testing against the master branch in Travis CI)