[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.0

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#57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.0
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov                       |       Owner:
                                                 |  johnbillion
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests add-to-     |     Focuses:
  field-guide                                    |
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Comment (by bjf2000):

 Now that we've had a week of 6.3, has anyone been seeing this message
 around? I've seen a couple.

 "Your server is running PHP version 5.6.40 but WordPress 6.3 requires at
 least 7.0.0."

 I'm wondering how that happens (they're not my sites). I think the key
 question is this: does an automatic update in WordPress do any checking
 for requirements, like the new PHP v7 requirement in this case, before
 actually triggering the update or does it just barrel ahead? I would argue
 that being on the latest 6.2.x is far better than having a dead site,
 particularly since 6.3 wasn't even a security update.

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