Release 1.2.3

Author: theodorejb

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
+## [1.2.3] Hoisted Closures - 2026-04-10
+### Changed
+- Improved rendering performance by hoisting the closures for block bodies and `{{else}}` clauses,
+  avoiding unnecessary re-allocation on repeated invocations.
+
+### Fixed
+- Failure to call ambiguous helper (e.g. `{{foo}}`) in `strict` mode.
+- `blockParams` count in `HelperOptions` for inverse helper calls.
+
+
 ## [1.2.2] Faithful Dispatch - 2026-04-05
 
 ### Changed
@@ -235,6 +245,7 @@ Initial release after forking from LightnCandy 1.2.6.
 - HTML documentation.
 - Dozens of unnecessary feature flags.
 
+[1.2.3]: https://github.com/devtheorem/php-handlebars/compare/v1.2.2...v1.2.3
 [1.2.2]: https://github.com/devtheorem/php-handlebars/compare/v1.2.1...v1.2.2
 [1.2.1]: https://github.com/devtheorem/php-handlebars/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1
 [1.2.0]: https://github.com/devtheorem/php-handlebars/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0

README.md

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ A blazing fast, spec-compliant PHP implementation of [Handlebars](https://handle
 Originally based on [LightnCandy](https://github.com/zordius/lightncandy), but rewritten to enable
 full Handlebars.js compatibility without excessive feature flags or performance tradeoffs.
 
-PHP Handlebars compiles and executes complex templates up to 40% faster than LightnCandy, with 60% lower memory usage:
+PHP Handlebars compiles and executes complex templates over 40% faster than LightnCandy, with 60% lower memory usage:
 
 | Library            | Compile time | Runtime | Total time | Peak memory usage |
 |--------------------|--------------|---------|------------|-------------------|
 | LightnCandy 1.2.6  | 5.2 ms       | 2.8 ms  | 8.0 ms     | 5.3 MB            |
-| PHP Handlebars 1.2 | 3.2 ms       | 1.5 ms  | 4.7 ms     | 1.9 MB            |
+| PHP Handlebars 1.2 | 3.2 ms       | 1.4 ms  | 4.6 ms     | 1.9 MB            |
 
 _Tested on PHP 8.5 with the JIT enabled. See the `benchmark` branch to run the same test._