[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23880: Minimum PHP version in Plugins

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#23880: Minimum PHP version in Plugins
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 Reporter:  TJNowell         |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugins          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  worksforme
 Keywords:                   |
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Changes (by markoheijnen):

 * keywords:  close =>
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => worksforme
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 Adding this to WordPress doesn't bring us somewhere. Users will find other
 plugins to solve the same issue they have, developers will make plugins
 users can't use and hosters don't have a clue it exists and hava a multi
 year upgrade plan.

 I also don't see anything why rmccue is happy to close it. He recommend it
 and that is fine.


 I'm closing this ticket for multiple reasons:
  - more then 60% is running PHP 5.2 and if you want to build something
 useful try to let it work on PHP 5.2. So in general try to let it work. If
 it's for clients you know the server so these checks aren't needed.
  - PHP and MySQL aren't the only thing a plugin needs a version for. Do we
 also need an extra line for all software that need to be installed? Like
 GD or Imagick is a must. Curl need to be installed. etc.
  - You can easily implement this yourself without performance cost. Maybe
 even create a central plugin that takes care of it.
  - It's nothing to do with preparation since PHP 5.2 code will work
 perfectly on 5.3. It's not that it breaks.

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