[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2

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#57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  6.2
Component:  General                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by costdev):

 I've submitted PRs for the following tasks:

 - [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3782 PR 3782]:
 Remove < PHP 7.2 test workflows.
 - [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3783 PR 3783]:
 Remove PHPUnit test condition related to PHP version < 7.
 - [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3784 PR 3784]:
 Remove [https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-
 develop/blob/8f3453f9587ed3fa574c98b8bb1d80cf3c4fc9b7/src/wp-
 includes/compat.php#L368 the is_iterable() polyfill], as `is_iterable()`
 was introduced in PHP 7.1.
 - [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3785 PR 3785]:
 Remove [https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-
 develop/blob/8f3453f9587ed3fa574c98b8bb1d80cf3c4fc9b7/src/wp-
 includes/compat.php#L496 the IMG_WEBP constant definition], as this
 constant is defined in PHP 7.0.10+.
 - [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3786 PR 3786]:
 Remove [https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-
 develop/blob/8f3453f9587ed3fa574c98b8bb1d80cf3c4fc9b7/src/wp-
 includes/compat.php#L491 the IMAGETYPE_WEBP constant definition], as this
 constant is defined in PHP 7.1+.
 - [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3787 PR 3787]:
 Remove [https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-
 develop/blob/8f3453f9587ed3fa574c98b8bb1d80cf3c4fc9b7/src/wp-
 includes/random_compat The entire random_compat library] which polyfills
 functions from PHP 7.x to 5.x. Random is
 [https://www.php.net/manual/en/extensions.membership.php a core PHP
 extension].

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