Review and address all outdated or abandoned dependencies in vendor_bundled/composer.json

• Technical debt (dependencies, refactor, etc.)

Brainstorming and decisions would be better to have in public as per https://dev.tiki.org/How-to-pick-a-software-library and summary can be on https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/blob/master/vendor_bundled/composer.json

laminas/laminas-text (Assigned to: @bienvenu ushindi) Replaced here https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/8095

AlternativePackageName	Class Namespace	PHP version	Contribution Activity	Selected
povils/figlet	Povils\Figlet\Figlet	php5	last contribution: 3 years ago Install by: 5 743 Github Stars: 59 Github fork: 23 more	Status: NO Why: Can't be used without setting a background , Very old and no support for php8
amasiye/figlet	Amasiye\Figlet\Figlet	php8.2	last contribution: 11 months ago Install by: 200 more	Status: NO Why: Can't be used without setting a background, No support for width but this is also a potential candidate. It is a fork of povils/figlet
Macrame	Gbhorwood\Macrame\Macrame	✅ php7.5 and higher	last contribution: 3 months Install by: not available	Status: NO Why: It has an issue that I reported here and Currently there is no support for width which solve responsiveness issue but it is a potential candidate. This also dependends on povils/figlet when we check the dependencies list

Conclusion

The laminas/text package was officially archived in December 2024. However, no actively maintained PHP FIGlet library currently provides comparable functionality. Given the package’s stability and the limited scope of our use case, I propose we retain it for now and add an inline comment to document its deprecated status. This will make future replacement easier should a suitable alternative emerge.
Note: I found a npm-based figlet alternative, which can produce similar results. However, it introduces additional complexity and dependencies compared to the current PHP-based solution, making it less ideal for this lightweight use case.
Related: https://github.com/laminas/laminas-captcha/issues/41

OK please add info to https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/blob/master/vendor_bundled/composer.json and see if you can find a way to suppress warnings about it.

1.2. candy-chat/xmpp-prebind-php (Assigned to: @Olivier Kango)

After an in-depth evaluation of available packages and compatibility requirements for PHP 8+, the following conclusions have been reached regarding the deprecated candy-chat/xmpp-prebind-php:

AlternativePackageName	Class Namespace	PHP version	Contribution Activity	Selected
dusta/xmpp-prebind-php	XmppPrebind	PHP >= 5.6	Very low usage (16 installs) Unimproved fork (last updated 2018)	Not selected
andrea11/xmpp-prebind-php	XmppPrebind	PHP >= 5.3	Very low usage (23 installs) Exact clone (no forks, 2016)	Not selected
zorn-v/xmpp	Fabiang\Xmpp*	PHP ≥ 7.2, PHP 8.0+	~8,346 installs, Active (last update March 2025, fork of fabiang/xmpp)	Not Selected. Not a drop-in replacement for XmppPrebind, but modern, maintained, supports SCRAM-SHA.
pbxapi/xmpp-php	XmppPrebind	PHP ≥ 7.0	Very low usage, ~0 stars, 1 fork, last update 4 years ago. Provides Prebind for PHP backends (tested with Openfire, ejabberd).	Candidate: Closest functional replacement for candy-chat/xmpp-prebind-php, but project inactive. Not Selected

Challenge documented in: https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/blob/master/vendor_bundled/composer.json

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1.3. jasig/phpcas (Assigned to: @Espoir Baraka) Replaced here https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/8071 by @Doddy Matabaro

Check this item118571-phpCAS-is-unmaintained for extra information

AlternativePackageName	Class Namespace	PHP version	Contribution Activity	Selected
CAS-Bundle	EcPhp\CasBundle	PHP 8.1	last contribution: 3 months Star: 46 Fork: 9	Status: NO Why: This is used for symfony project @Espoir Baraka: yes but it uses https://github.com/ecphp/cas-bundle/blob/master/composer.json
phpCAS	Psr\Log\LoggerInterface	php 7.1	last contribution: 10 months Star: 796	Status: NO Why: phpCAS is no longer maintained

1.4. laminas/laminas-log (Assigned to: @Olivier Kango) https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/7506

1.5. laminas/laminas-config (Assigned to: @Doddy Matabaro) https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/7792

1.6. laminas/laminas-mail and laminas/laminas-mime (@bienvenu ushindi)

Check item118613-Deal-with-the-abandonment-of-laminas-mail-and-laminas-mime for more details

1.7. laminas/laminas-oauth

https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/7591/

1.8. laminas/laminas-twitter

Was used by laminas/laminas-oauth which got replaced in https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/7591/

1.9. laminas/laminas-crypt

Was used by laminas/laminas-oauth which got replaced via https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/7591

1.10. php-http/message-factory (Assigned to: @bienvenu ushindi)

https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/commit/e916b26e4aac849d13cdf51156aa7f6e74191a26

1.11. laminas/laminas-dom (Assigned to: @bienvenu ushindi) https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/merge_requests/8001

1.12. laminas/laminas-loader (Assigned to: @bienvenu ushindi) No MR

https://gitlab.com/tikiwiki/tiki/-/commit/98308faf844877011038fc60c3a02489bbedffd9

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