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After updating to WHMCS 8.7, admins may see a Legacy Smarty Tags warning in the Admin Area.
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Cause
This warning displays because the system has detected one of the following issues:
- Theme templates or email templates contain code that WHMCS will not support in the near future.
- Allow Smarty PHP Tags is enabled in the Security tab at Configuration > System Settings > General Settings.
Solution
If your customizations include legacy Smarty tags, you must perform the actions in Eliminating Legacy Smarty Tags in WHMCS 8.7+.
- For more information about these changes, see Eliminating Legacy Smarty Tags.
- For examples of removing the most common legacy Smarty tag uses, see Replacing Legacy Smarty Tags with Hooks.