Merge pull request #15 from thebiggive/2023-housekeeping

Update PHP support + readme

.travis.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 language: php
+dist: focal # Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
 
 php:
- - "7.4"
  - "8.0"
  - "8.1"
+ - "8.2"
 
 before_script:
+ - sudo apt-get install libonig5 # https://blog.futtta.be/2023/01/24/adding-php-8-2-in-travis-tests/
  - composer self-update
  - composer --version
  - composer install -n --dev --prefer-source

README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) by allowing them to reclaim basic rate tax on a don
 
 'HMRC Charity Repayment Claims' is a library for submitting Gift Aid claims to HMRC.
 
+## Library background
+
+Big Give forked this library from [`JustinBusschau/hmrc-gift-aid`](https://github.com/JustinBusschau/hmrc-gift-aid)
+along with the supporting `php-govtalk` counterpart in 2021, as those libraries are
+[no longer maintained](https://github.com/JustinBusschau/php-govtalk/pull/3) for active versions of PHP.
+
+We don't offer support for the library, but plan to maintain it for the foreseeable future, with tests running against verions of PHP [still receiving security support](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php).
+
+Charities running campaigns on our platform who are using our managed service to claim their Gift Aid can [get in touch here](https://community.biggive.org/s/contact-us).
 
 ## Installation
 

composer.json

@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
     "config": {
         "optimize-autoloader": true,
         "platform": {
-            "php": "7.4.23"
+            "php": "8.0.28"
         },
         "sort-packages": true
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^8.0",
         "ext-dom": "*",
         "ext-simplexml": "*",
         "ext-xmlwriter": "*",