Return type hint can be used.

ajax.php

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class ajax_common
     /**
      *  OB Handler
      */
-    public function ob_handler($contents)
+    public function ob_handler($contents): string
     {
         if (DBG_USER) {
             if ($contents) {

library/ajax/view_torrent.php

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class TorrentFileList
         }
     }
 
-    private function build_file_item($name, $length)
+    private function build_file_item($name, $length): string
     {
         global $bb_cfg, $images, $lang;
 

library/attach_mod/posting_attachments.php

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class attach_parent
      * Handle all modes... (intern)
      * @private
      */
-    public function handle_attachments($mode)
+    public function handle_attachments($mode): bool
     {
         global $is_auth, $attach_config, $refresh, $post_id, $submit, $preview, $error, $error_msg, $lang;
 

library/includes/bbcode.php

@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ class bbcode
      * bbcode2html
      * $text должен быть уже обработан htmlCHR($text, false, ENT_NOQUOTES);
      */
-    public function bbcode2html($text)
+    public function bbcode2html($text): string
     {
         global $bb_cfg;
 
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ class bbcode
     /**
      * [code] callback
      */
-    public function code_callback($m)
+    public function code_callback($m): string
     {
         $code = trim($m[2]);
         $code = str_replace('  ', '  ', $code);
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class bbcode
     /**
      * [url] callback
      */
-    public function url_callback($m)
+    public function url_callback($m): string
     {
         global $bb_cfg;
 
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ class bbcode
     /**
      * Escape tags inside tiltes in [quote="tilte"]
      */
-    public function escape_tiltes_callback($m)
+    public function escape_tiltes_callback($m): string
     {
         $tilte = substr($m[3], 0, 250);
         $tilte = str_replace(array('[', ']', ':', ')', '"'), array('[', ']', ':', ')', '"'), $tilte);
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class bbcode
     /**
      * make_url_clickable_callback
      */
-    public function make_url_clickable_callback($m)
+    public function make_url_clickable_callback($m): string
     {
         global $bb_cfg;
 
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ class bbcode
     /**
      * tidy
      */
-    public function tidy($text)
+    public function tidy($text): string
     {
         $text = tidy_repair_string($text, $this->tidy_cfg, 'utf8');
         return $text;
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ class words_rate
     /**
      * возвращает "показатель полезности" сообщения используемый для автоудаления коротких сообщений типа "спасибо", "круто" и т.д.
      */
-    public function get_words_rate($text)
+    public function get_words_rate($text): int
     {
         $this->words_rate = 127;     // максимальное значение по умолчанию
         $this->deleted_words = array();

library/includes/cache/apc.php

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class cache_apc extends cache_common
         return apc_clear_cache();
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return function_exists('apc_fetch');
     }

library/includes/cache/common.php

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class cache_common
     /**
      * Store value of variable
      */
-    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 604800)
+    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 604800): bool
     {
         return false;
     }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class cache_common
     /**
      * Remove variable
      */
-    public function rm($name = '')
+    public function rm($name = ''): bool
     {
         return false;
     }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class cache_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function debug_find_source($mode = '')
+    public function debug_find_source($mode = ''): string
     {
         foreach (debug_backtrace() as $trace) {
             if ($trace['file'] !== __FILE__) {

library/includes/cache/file.php

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class cache_file extends cache_common
         return (!empty($filecache['value'])) ? $filecache['value'] : false;
     }
 
-    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 86400)
+    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 86400): bool
     {
         if (!function_exists('var_export')) {
             return false;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class cache_file extends cache_common
         return (bool)file_write($filecache, $filename, false, true, true);
     }
 
-    public function rm($name = '')
+    public function rm($name = ''): bool
     {
         $clear = false;
         if ($name) {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class cache_file extends cache_common
         return $clear;
     }
 
-    public function gc($expire_time = TIMENOW)
+    public function gc($expire_time = TIMENOW): bool
     {
         $clear = false;
 

library/includes/cache/memcache.php

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class cache_memcache extends cache_common
         return ($this->connected) ? $this->memcache->get($this->prefix . $name) : false;
     }
 
-    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 0)
+    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 0): bool
     {
         if (!$this->connected) {
             $this->connect();
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class cache_memcache extends cache_common
         return ($this->connected) ? $this->memcache->flush() : false;
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return class_exists('Memcache');
     }

library/includes/cache/redis.php

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class cache_redis extends cache_common
         return ($this->connected) ? $this->redis->flushdb() : false;
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return class_exists('Redis');
     }

library/includes/cache/sqlite.php

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class cache_sqlite extends cache_common
         return isset($cached_items[$name]) ? $cached_items[$name] : false;
     }
 
-    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 604800)
+    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 604800): bool
     {
         $this->db->shard($this->prefix . $name);
         $name_sql = SQLite3::escapeString($this->prefix . $name);
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class cache_sqlite extends cache_common
         return (bool)$result;
     }
 
-    public function rm($name = '')
+    public function rm($name = ''): bool
     {
         if ($name) {
             $this->db->shard($this->prefix . $name);
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class cache_sqlite extends cache_common
         return (bool)$result;
     }
 
-    public function gc($expire_time = TIMENOW)
+    public function gc($expire_time = TIMENOW): int
     {
         $result = $this->db->query("DELETE FROM " . $this->cfg['table_name'] . " WHERE cache_expire_time < $expire_time");
         return ($result) ? $this->db->changes() : 0;
@@ -238,13 +238,13 @@ class sqlite_common extends cache_common
         return $result;
     }
 
-    public function fetch_row($query)
+    public function fetch_row($query): bool
     {
         $result = $this->query($query);
         return is_resource($result) ? $result->fetchArray(SQLITE3_ASSOC) : false;
     }
 
-    public function fetch_rowset($query)
+    public function fetch_rowset($query): array
     {
         $result = $this->query($query);
         $rowset = array();
@@ -254,22 +254,22 @@ class sqlite_common extends cache_common
         return $rowset;
     }
 
-    public function changes()
+    public function changes(): int
     {
         return is_resource($this->dbh) ? $this->dbh->changes() : 0;
     }
 
-    public function escape($str)
+    public function escape($str): string
     {
         return SQLite3::escapeString($str);
     }
 
-    public function get_error_msg()
+    public function get_error_msg(): string
     {
         return 'SQLite error #' . ($err_code = $this->dbh->lastErrorCode()) . ': ' . $this->dbh->lastErrorMsg();
     }
 
-    public function rm($name = '')
+    public function rm($name = ''): bool
     {
         if ($name) {
             $this->db->shard($this->prefix . $name);
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class sqlite_common extends cache_common
         return (bool)$result;
     }
 
-    public function gc($expire_time = TIMENOW)
+    public function gc($expire_time = TIMENOW): int
     {
         $result = $this->db->query("DELETE FROM " . $this->cfg['table_name'] . " WHERE cache_expire_time < $expire_time");
         return ($result) ? sqlite_changes($this->db->dbh) : 0;

library/includes/cache/xcache.php

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class cache_xcache extends cache_common
         return xcache_get($this->prefix . $name);
     }
 
-    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 0)
+    public function set($name, $value, $ttl = 0): bool
     {
         $this->cur_query = "cache->set('$name')";
         $this->debug('start');
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class cache_xcache extends cache_common
         return;
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return function_exists('xcache_get');
     }

library/includes/classes/correct.php

@@ -2926,7 +2926,7 @@ class Text_LangCorrect
                                       ~sxSX', array($this, '_entry'), $s);
     }
 
-    private function _entry(array &$a)
+    private function _entry(array &$a): string
     {
         $entry =& $a[0];
         $s = strtr($entry, $this->table[0]);
@@ -3079,13 +3079,13 @@ class Text_LangCorrect
         return $word;
     }
 
-    private function _strtr(array $a)
+    private function _strtr(array $a): string
     {
         $word =& $a[0];
         return strtr($word, $this->is_flip ? $this->table_flip[$this->method] : $this->table[$this->method]);
     }
 
-    private function _is_mixed($word)
+    private function _is_mixed($word): bool
     {
         return preg_match('/(?:' . $this->en . ')/sxSX', $word) &&
             preg_match('/(?:' . $this->tt_f . ')/sxSX', $word);
@@ -3135,7 +3135,7 @@ class Text_LangCorrect
     }
 
     #анализ на основе N-грамм русского и английского языка
-    private function _bigram_exists($word, $lang)
+    private function _bigram_exists($word, $lang): bool
     {
         $word = ($lang === 'en') ? strtolower($word) : UTF8::lowercase($word);
 

library/includes/classes/emailer.php

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class emailer
         $this->extra_headers .= trim($headers) . "\n";
     }
 
-    public function use_template($template_file, $template_lang = '')
+    public function use_template($template_file, $template_lang = ''): bool
     {
         global $bb_cfg;
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class emailer
     }
 
     // Send the mail out to the recipients set previously in var $this->address
-    public function send($email_format = 'text')
+    public function send($email_format = 'text'): bool
     {
         global $bb_cfg, $userdata;
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class emailer
         return true;
     }
 
-    public function encode($str)
+    public function encode($str): string
     {
         if ($this->encoding == '') {
             return $str;

library/includes/classes/reflection.php

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ReflectionTypeHint
     {
     }
 
-    public static function isValid()
+    public static function isValid(): bool
     {
         if (!assert_options(ASSERT_ACTIVE)) {
             return true;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class ReflectionTypeHint
      * @param   int|null $return_frame
      * @return  array
      */
-    public static function debugBacktrace($re_ignore = null, $return_frame = null)
+    public static function debugBacktrace($re_ignore = null, $return_frame = null): array
     {
         $trace = debug_backtrace();
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class ReflectionTypeHint
      * @param   mixed $value
      * @return  bool
      */
-    public static function checkValueTypes(array $types, $value)
+    public static function checkValueTypes(array $types, $value): bool
     {
         foreach ($types as $type) {
             $type = strtolower($type);

library/includes/classes/sitemap.php

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class sitemap
         $this->home = make_url();
     }
 
-    public function build_map()
+    public function build_map(): string
     {
         $map = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<urlset xmlns=\"http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\">\n";
         $map .= $this->get_static();
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class sitemap
         return $map;
     }
 
-    public function build_index($count)
+    public function build_index($count): string
     {
         $lm = date('c');
         $map = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<sitemapindex xmlns=\"http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\">\n";
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class sitemap
         return $map;
     }
 
-    public function build_stat()
+    public function build_stat(): string
     {
         $map = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<urlset xmlns=\"http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\">\n";
         $map .= $this->get_static();
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class sitemap
         return $map;
     }
 
-    public function build_map_topic($n)
+    public function build_map_topic($n): string
     {
         $map = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<urlset xmlns=\"http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9\">\n";
         $map .= $this->get_topic($n);
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class sitemap
         return $map;
     }
 
-    public function get_forum()
+    public function get_forum(): string
     {
         global $datastore;
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class sitemap
         return $xml;
     }
 
-    public function get_topic($page = false)
+    public function get_topic($page = false): string
     {
         global $datastore;
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class sitemap
         return $xml;
     }
 
-    public function get_static()
+    public function get_static(): string
     {
         global $bb_cfg;
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class sitemap
         return $xml;
     }
 
-    public function get_xml($loc, $lm)
+    public function get_xml($loc, $lm): string
     {
         $xml = "\t<url>\n";
         $xml .= "\t\t<loc>$loc</loc>\n";

library/includes/classes/utf8.php

@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ class utf8
      * @param   array|scalar|null $data
      * @return  bool
      */
-    public static function is_ascii($data)
+    public static function is_ascii($data): bool
     {
         if (!ReflectionTypeHint::isValid()) {
             return false;
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ class utf8
      * @param   bool $is_strict strict the range of ASCII?
      * @return  bool
      */
-    public static function is_utf8($data, $is_strict = true)
+    public static function is_utf8($data, $is_strict = true): bool
     {
         if (!ReflectionTypeHint::isValid()) {
             return false;
@@ -2665,7 +2665,7 @@ class utf8
      * @param   bool $is_strict строгая проверка диапазона ASCII?
      * @return  bool
      */
-    public static function check($s, $is_strict = true)
+    public static function check($s, $is_strict = true): bool
     {
         if (!ReflectionTypeHint::isValid()) {
             return false;
@@ -2734,7 +2734,7 @@ class utf8
      * @return  bool               Возвращает TRUE, если все символы из текста принадлежат указанным диапазонам
      *                             и FALSE в противном случае или для разбитого UTF-8.
      */
-    public static function blocks_check($data, $blocks)
+    public static function blocks_check($data, $blocks): bool
     {
         if (!ReflectionTypeHint::isValid()) {
             return false;
@@ -2825,7 +2825,7 @@ class utf8
      * @return  bool                 Возвращает TRUE, если все значения элементов массивов в кодировке UTF-8
      *                               и FALSE + E_USER_WARNING в противном случае.
      */
-    public static function autoconvert_request($is_hex2bin = false, $charset = 'cp1251')
+    public static function autoconvert_request($is_hex2bin = false, $charset = 'cp1251'): bool
     {
         if (!ReflectionTypeHint::isValid()) {
             return false;
@@ -4179,7 +4179,7 @@ class utf8
         return preg_replace('~[' . $charlist_re . ']+$~suSX', '', $s);
     }
 
-    private static function _preg_quote_class($charlist, $delimiter = null)
+    private static function _preg_quote_class($charlist, $delimiter = null): string
     {
         #return preg_quote($charlist, $delimiter); #DEPRECATED
         $quote_table = array(
@@ -4430,7 +4430,7 @@ class utf8
         return strtr($s, $table);
     }
 
-    public static function tests()
+    public static function tests(): bool
     {
         assert_options(ASSERT_ACTIVE, true);
         assert_options(ASSERT_BAIL, true);

library/includes/core/caches.php

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class caches
         return $this->cfg['db_dir'] . $name . $ext;
     }
 
-    public function get_table_schema($cfg)
+    public function get_table_schema($cfg): string
     {
         return "CREATE TABLE {$cfg['table_name']} ( {$cfg['columns']} )";
     }

library/includes/core/mysql.php

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return int
      */
-    public function affected_rows()
+    public function affected_rows(): int
     {
         return mysqli_affected_rows($this->link);
     }
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function sql_fetchrowset($result, $field_name = '')
+    public function sql_fetchrowset($result, $field_name = ''): array
     {
         $rowset = [];
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function fetch_rowset($query, $field_name = '')
+    public function fetch_rowset($query, $field_name = ''): array
     {
         if (!$result = $this->sql_query($query)) {
             $this->trigger_error();
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    public function fetch_all($query, $field_name = '')
+    public function fetch_all($query, $field_name = ''): array
     {
         if (!$result = $this->sql_query($query)) {
             $this->trigger_error();
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function escape_string($str)
+    public function escape_string($str): string
     {
         if (!$this->link) {
             $this->init();
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function build_array($query_type, $input_ary, $data_already_escaped = false, $check_data_type_in_escape = true)
+    public function build_array($query_type, $input_ary, $data_already_escaped = false, $check_data_type_in_escape = true): string
     {
         $fields = $values = $ary = $query = [];
         $dont_escape = $data_already_escaped;
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class sql_db
     /**
      * @return array
      */
-    public function get_empty_sql_array()
+    public function get_empty_sql_array(): array
     {
         return [
             'SELECT' => [],
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class sql_db
      * @param $sql_ary
      * @return string
      */
-    public function build_sql($sql_ary)
+    public function build_sql($sql_ary): string
     {
         $sql = '';
         array_deep($sql_ary, 'array_unique', false, true);
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function unlock()
+    public function unlock(): bool
     {
         if ($this->locked && $this->sql_query("UNLOCK TABLES")) {
             $this->locked = false;
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function get_lock_name($name)
+    public function get_lock_name($name): string
     {
         if (!$this->selected_db) {
             $this->init();
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ class sql_db
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function debug_find_source($mode = '')
+    public function debug_find_source($mode = ''): string
     {
         foreach (debug_backtrace() as $trace) {
             if (!empty($trace['file']) && $trace['file'] !== __FILE__) {

library/includes/datastore/apc.php

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class datastore_apc extends datastore_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return function_exists('apc_fetch');
     }

library/includes/datastore/common.php

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class datastore_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function debug_find_source($mode = '')
+    public function debug_find_source($mode = ''): string
     {
         foreach (debug_backtrace() as $trace) {
             if ($trace['file'] !== __FILE__) {

library/includes/datastore/memcache.php

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class datastore_memcache extends datastore_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return class_exists('Memcache');
     }

library/includes/datastore/redis.php

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class datastore_redis extends datastore_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return class_exists('Redis');
     }

library/includes/datastore/xcache.php

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class datastore_xcache extends datastore_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function is_installed()
+    public function is_installed(): bool
     {
         return function_exists('xcache_get');
     }

library/includes/functions.php

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class ads_common
     /**
      *  Get ads to show for each block
      */
-    public function get($block_types)
+    public function get($block_types): array
     {
         $ads = array();
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class ads_common
     /**
      *  Get block_ids for specified block_types
      */
-    public function get_block_ids($block_types)
+    public function get_block_ids($block_types): array
     {
         $block_ids = array();
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class ads_common
     /**
      *  Get ad_ids for specified blocks
      */
-    public function get_ad_ids($block_ids)
+    public function get_ad_ids($block_ids): array
     {
         $ad_ids = array();
 
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ class Date_Delta
     }
 
     // Makes the spellable phrase.
-    public function spellDelta($first, $last, $from = 'auto')
+    public function spellDelta($first, $last, $from = 'auto'): string
     {
         if ($last < $first) {
             $old_first = $first;
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class Date_Delta
     }
 
     // Returns the length (in days) of the specified month.
-    public function monthLength($year, $mon)
+    public function monthLength($year, $mon): int
     {
         $l = 28;
         while (checkdate($mon, $l + 1, $year)) {
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ class html_common
     public $max_length = HTML_SELECT_MAX_LENGTH;
     public $selected = array();
 
-    public function build_select($name, $params, $selected = null, $max_length = HTML_SELECT_MAX_LENGTH, $multiple_size = null, $js = '')
+    public function build_select($name, $params, $selected = null, $max_length = HTML_SELECT_MAX_LENGTH, $multiple_size = null, $js = ''): string
     {
         if (empty($params)) {
             return '';
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class html_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function array2html($array, $ul = 'ul', $li = 'li')
+    public function array2html($array, $ul = 'ul', $li = 'li'): string
     {
         $this->out = '';
         $this->_array2html_rec($array, $ul, $li);
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ class html_common
     }
 
     // all arguments should be already htmlspecialchar()d (if needed)
-    public function build_checkbox($name, $title, $checked = false, $disabled = false, $class = null, $id = null, $value = 1)
+    public function build_checkbox($name, $title, $checked = false, $disabled = false, $class = null, $id = null, $value = 1): string
     {
         $name = ' name="' . $name . '" ';
         $value = ' value="' . $value . '" ';

library/includes/functions_upload.php

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class upload_common
         8 => 'tiff',
     );
 
-    public function init($cfg = array(), $post_params = array(), $uploaded_only = true)
+    public function init($cfg = array(), $post_params = array(), $uploaded_only = true): bool
     {
         global $bb_cfg, $lang;
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class upload_common
         }
     }
 
-    public function _move($file_path)
+    public function _move($file_path): bool
     {
         $dir = dirname($file_path);
         if (!file_exists($dir)) {

library/includes/sessions.php

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class user_common
     /**
      *  Create new session for the given user
      */
-    public function session_create($userdata, $auto_created = false)
+    public function session_create($userdata, $auto_created = false): array
     {
         global $bb_cfg;
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ class user_common
     /**
      *  Login
      */
-    public function login($args, $mod_admin_login = false)
+    public function login($args, $mod_admin_login = false): array
     {
         $username = !empty($args['login_username']) ? clean_username($args['login_username']) : '';
         $password = !empty($args['login_password']) ? $args['login_password'] : '';
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class user_common
     /**
      *  Get not auth forums
      */
-    public function get_not_auth_forums($auth_type)
+    public function get_not_auth_forums($auth_type): string
     {
         global $datastore;
 

library/includes/template.php

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class template
      * Returns empty string if non-cachable (for tpl files outside of root dir).
      * $filename should be absolute filename
      */
-    public function make_filename_cache($filename)
+    public function make_filename_cache($filename): string
     {
         $filename = clean_filename(str_replace(TEMPLATES_DIR, '', $filename));
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class template
     /**
      * Assigns template filename for handle.
      */
-    public function set_filename($handle, $filename, $xs_include = false, $quiet = false)
+    public function set_filename($handle, $filename, $xs_include = false, $quiet = false): bool
     {
         $can_cache = $this->use_cache;
         $this->files[$handle] = $this->make_filename($filename, $xs_include);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class template
      * and run the compiled code. This will print out
      * the results of executing the template.
      */
-    public function pparse($handle)
+    public function pparse($handle): bool
     {
         // parsing header if there is one
         if ($this->preparse || $this->postparse) {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ class template
     /**
      * Precompile file
      */
-    public function precompile($template, $filename)
+    public function precompile($template, $filename): bool
     {
         global $precompile_num;
         if (empty($precompile_num)) {
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class template
      * Note that all desired assignments to the variables in $handle should be done
      * BEFORE calling this function.
      */
-    public function assign_var_from_handle($varname, $handle)
+    public function assign_var_from_handle($varname, $handle): bool
     {
         ob_start();
         $res = $this->pparse($handle);
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ class template
      * variable assignments. Note that this should only be called once per block
      * iteration.
      */
-    public function assign_block_vars($blockname, $vararray)
+    public function assign_block_vars($blockname, $vararray): bool
     {
         if (strstr($blockname, '.')) {
             // Nested block.
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class template
      * If not already done, load the file for the given handle and populate
      * the uncompiled_code[] hash with its code. Do not compile.
      */
-    public function loadfile($handle)
+    public function loadfile($handle): bool
     {
         // If cached file exists do nothing - it will be included via include()
         if (!empty($this->files_cache[$handle])) {
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ class template
      * It's ready to be inserted into an "echo" line in one of the templates.
      * NOTE: expects a trailing "." on the namespace.
      */
-    public function generate_block_varref($namespace, $varname)
+    public function generate_block_varref($namespace, $varname): string
     {
         // Strip the trailing period.
         $namespace = substr($namespace, 0, strlen($namespace) - 1);
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ class template
         return '$' . $blocks[$blockcount - 1] . '_item[\'' . $blocks[$blockcount] . '.\']';
     }
 
-    public function compile_code($filename, $code)
+    public function compile_code($filename, $code): string
     {
         //	$filename - file to load code from. used if $code is empty
         //	$code - tpl code
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ class template
     // Compile IF tags - much of this is from Smarty with
     // some adaptions for our block level methods
     //
-    public function compile_tag_if($tag_args, $elseif)
+    public function compile_tag_if($tag_args, $elseif): string
     {
         /* Tokenize args for 'if' tag. */
         preg_match_all('/(?:
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ class template
     /**
      * Compiles code and writes to cache if needed
      */
-    public function compile2($code, $handle, $cache_file)
+    public function compile2($code, $handle, $cache_file): string
     {
         $code = $this->compile_code('', $code, XS_USE_ISSET);
         if ($cache_file && !empty($this->use_cache) && !empty($this->auto_compile)) {
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ class template
      * for use in assign_code_from_handle().
      * This function isn't used and kept only for compatibility with original template.php
      */
-    public function compile($code, $do_not_echo = false, $retvar = '')
+    public function compile($code, $do_not_echo = false, $retvar = ''): string
     {
         $code = ' ?' . '>' . $this->compile_code('', $code, true) . '<' . "?php \n";
         if ($do_not_echo) {
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ class template
         }
     }
 
-    public function lang_error($var)
+    public function lang_error($var): string
     {
         trigger_error(basename($this->cur_tpl) . " : undefined language variable {L_{$var}}", E_USER_WARNING);
         return "Undefined: {L_{$var}}";