v2.2.0 (LTS Legacy Support)

This release completes the modernization of the string encoding layer, bringing strict typing and codebase consistency up to PHP 7.2+ standards without introducing breaking changes.

🔄 Refactored

• Type Safety: Enforced strict argument and return type hints across AbstractEncoderStr and related encoding utilities.
• Code Consistency: Renamed internal legacy variables (e.g., $str to $string) to match the codebase naming conventions.
• Payload Optimization: Cleaned up internal loops and encoding checks (seemsUtf8, utf8UriEncode) for cleaner maintenance.

🚀 Performance & Compatibility

• Fully compatible with PHP 7.2 up to current versions.
• Zero BC (Backward Compatibility) breaks detected; internal behavior remains exact.

v1.0.0 (Legacy Support)

Added

• Initial stable release of the Rubricate String component.
• Introduced AbstractEncoderStr to isolate low-level character encoding logic.

Refactored

• Modernized legacy code structure for clean PHP 5.4+ compatibility (short array syntax [], strict visibility modifiers).
• Moved utf8UriEncode to AbstractEncoderStr and changed its visibility to protected for better encapsulation.
• Standardized all method arguments to consistently use $string.

Changed (API Clean up)

Renamed several methods to improve semantics, consistency, and eliminate redundancy:

• clean -> strip (explicitly states it strips HTML tags).
• autoLinkUrl -> linkUrl
• autoLinkEmail -> linkEmail
• autoLink -> link
• encodeHtmlTag -> encodeEntities (focused on HTML entities conversion).
• stripIndentation -> flattenSpace (accurately describes flattening block text).