[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58719: Bump the minimum PHP version to 7.2

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#58719: Bump the minimum PHP version to 7.2
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 Reporter:  justlevine   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by peq42):

 Replying to [comment:22 samiamnot]:
 > One things that surprised me was that there was no significant drop in
 sites using PHP 5.6 since support was dropped in WP 6.3 in Aug. At that
 time PHP 5.6 was used on 4.02% of sites. It is now used in 3.25%, a drop
 of less than a percent despite it not being supported for over 4 months.
 This does not bode well for significant changes in the supported versions.

 and this, again, adds to my point before: People who dont update PHP, dont
 update WordPress. Bothering with support for those cases is a waste.

 If I were to guess, websites using 7.4 and below still are probably dead
 websites. They'll only get out of that version of php when the host takes
 the website itself down.

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