Use Rector to upgrade codebase to PHP 8.4

.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ jobs:
   ci:
     uses: ray-di/.github/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml@v1
     with:
-      current_stable: 8.4
+      current_stable: "8.4"

.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-name: Static Analysis
+# This workflow runs static analysis on the codebase using PHPStan and Psalm.
+# PHPMD is not included in this workflow, as it is not supported by the PHP 8.4 yet.
+# Use this workflow temporarily until PHPMD supports PHP 8.4.
+
+name: Static Analysis (No PHPMD)
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -7,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   sa:
-    uses: ray-di/.github/.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml@v1
+    uses: ray-di/.github/.github/workflows/static-analysis-no-phpmd.yml@v1
     with:
       php_version: 8.4
       has_crc_config: false

.gitignore

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /build/
 /vendor/
 /composer.lock
-/.phpunit.result.cache
 /tests/tmp/*
 /.phpcs-cache
 /.php_cs.cache
 /.phpcs-cache
-/vendor-bin/tools/vendor/
+/.phpunit.cache
+/vendor-bin/tools/vendor/
+/.phpunit.result.cache

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## [1.18.0]
+
+### Changed
+- Updated Aura.Sql dependency from ^5.0 to ^6.0 for PHP 8.4 compatibility
+- Internal PDO handling improvements for PHP 8.4
+
+### Note
+- **No code changes required** - all APIs remain identical
+- Automatic compatibility with both PHP 8.1-8.3 (Aura.Sql v5) and PHP 8.4+ (Aura.Sql v6)