chore(deps): Update dependencies and adjust version

[Rushaway]

Description

This PR updates several dependencies to their newer versions and bumps the project version from 1.7.0 to 1.8.1.
The following changes were made:

• Updated icobucci/jwt from 5.4.2 to 5.5 -> changelog 5.5.0
• Updated smarty/smarty from 5.4.1 to 5.4. -> changelog 5.4.5
• Updated adodb/adodb-php from 5.22.7 to 5.22 -> changelog 5.22.8
• Increased minimum PHP requirement from >=8.1 to >=8.2

Motivation and Context

These updates are necessary to maintain compatibility with modern PHP environments and to benefit from security fixes and performance improvements in the latest dependency versions. The version bump reflects these significant dependency updates.

How Has This Been Tested?

The application has been tested in a local development environment running PHP 8.2 to PHP 8.4. All core functionality remains intact after the dependency updates. The test suite has been run to ensure no regressions were introduced.

Screenshots (if appropriate):

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)

Checklist:

• My code follows the code style of this project.
• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.