Drop support for PHP < 8.1

Author: AlfredoRamos

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        php-version: ['7.2']
+        php-version: ['8.1']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout phpBB
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -118,24 +118,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - php-version: '7.2'
+          - php-version: '8.1'
             db-type: 'mysql'
             db-version: '5.7'
-          - php-version: '7.2'
-            db-type: 'mariadb'
-            db-version: '10.5'
-          - php-version: '7.3'
-            db-type: 'mariadb'
-            db-version: '10.5'
-          - php-version: '7.4'
-            db-type: 'mysql'
-            db-version: '8.0'
-          - php-version: '7.4'
-            db-type: 'mariadb'
-            db-version: '10.5'
-          - php-version: '8.0'
-            db-type: 'mariadb'
-            db-version: '10.5'
           - php-version: '8.1'
             db-type: 'mariadb'
             db-version: '10.6'
@@ -148,6 +133,9 @@ jobs:
           - php-version: '8.4'
             db-type: 'mariadb'
             db-version: '10.11'
+          - php-version: '8.5'
+            db-type: 'mariadb'
+            db-version: '10.11'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout phpBB
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -238,12 +226,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - php-version: '7.2'
+          - php-version: '8.1'
             db-type: 'postgres'
-            db-version: '16-alpine'
+            db-version: '17-alpine'
           - php-version: '8.4'
             db-type: 'postgres'
-            db-version: '17-alpine'
+            db-version: '18-alpine'
+          - php-version: '8.5'
+            db-type: 'postgres'
+            db-version: '18-alpine'
     steps:
       - name: Checkout phpBB
         uses: actions/checkout@v6

README.md

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ If available, it will dynamically generate and include the following data inside
 
 ### Requirements
 
-- PHP 7.1.3 or greater
+- PHP 8.1 or greater
 - phpBB 3.3 or greater
 
 ### Support
@@ -117,11 +117,7 @@ If available, it will dynamically generate and include the following data inside
 
 ### Donate
 
-If you like or found my work useful and want to show some appreciation, you can consider supporting its development by giving a donation.
-
-|    [![Donate with PayPal](https://alfredoramos.mx/images/paypal.svg)](https://alfredoramos.mx/donate/)     |    [![Donate with Stripe](https://alfredoramos.mx/images/stripe.svg)](https://alfredoramos.mx/donate/)     |
-| :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
-| [![Donate with PayPal](https://alfredoramos.mx/images/donate_paypal.svg)](https://alfredoramos.mx/donate/) | [![Donate with Stripe](https://alfredoramos.mx/images/donate_stripe.svg)](https://alfredoramos.mx/donate/) |
+If you like or found my work useful and want to show some appreciation, you can consider supporting its development by [**giving a donation**](https://alfredoramos.mx/donate/).
 
 ### Installation
 
@@ -133,11 +129,7 @@ If you like or found my work useful and want to show some appreciation, you can
 
 ### Preview
 
-[![Global settings](https://i.imgur.com/8rg2fKIb.png)](https://i.imgur.com/8rg2fKI.png)
-[![Open Graph, Twitter Cards and JSON-LD settings](https://i.imgur.com/042NB5Fb.png)](https://i.imgur.com/042NB5F.png)
-[![Generated markup](https://i.imgur.com/xKswZUHb.png)](https://i.imgur.com/xKswZUH.png)
-
-*(Click to view in full size)*
+See the [full blog post](https://alfredoramos.mx/seo-metadata-extension-for-phpbb/) for the screenshots gallery.
 
 ### Configuration
 

composer.json

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"require": {
-		"php": "^7.1.3 || ^8.0.0",
+		"php": "^8.1.0",
 		"composer/installers": "^2.2.0"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {