[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:  Future
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Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-        |     Focuses:
  opinion                                        |
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Comment (by justlevine):

 Replying to [comment:84 samiamnot]:
 > My feeling is that doing this in steps will make things harder. Many
 will take the approach that there is less risk in moving from 5.6 to 7.0
 instead of moving to a more modern version.

 Anecdotally this is not my experience, if something in the stack (e.g.
 plugin or host) drops PHP supports, my clients want me to update to the
 _latest_ compatible version so they don't need to do it again for a while.
 I'm sure the hosting team or maybe plugin stats can confirm one way or the
 other.

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