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Migrating Away from Legacy Smarty Tags in WHMCS

Replacing legacy Smarty tags in WHMCS, Upgrading templates for modern compatibility, Migrating from outdated template tags to newer techniques. 1
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Symptom

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.
 
 
 
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