[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 masteradhoc):

 @johnbillion any update for the new propose for handling php versions?

 Based on the decision on WP 6.4 to ot raise any minimum php version i'd
 like to propose a new timeline to get to a more up to date minimum php
 version.

 As of now - see https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php - only php 8.1
 and 8.2 get active support. php 8.0 will run out of security fixes in a
 month. We cant keep up that speed but should definately catch up...

 ||= WordPress Version =||= Minimum PHP Version =||= PHP EOL since Date*
 =||= Comment =||
 ||WP 6.4||PHP 7.0||31 Dec 2018|| no change ||
 ||WP 6.5||PHP 7.2||10 Jan 2019\\1 Dec 2019|| PHP 7.0 & PHP 7.1 Support
 will be dropped - currently combined on around 3% usage ||
 ||WP 6.6||PHP 7.3||30 Nov 2020||  PHP 7.2 Support will be
 dropped\\''currently on 5.5% - should be possible to get that number below
 5% for that release'' ||

 Usage based on https://wordpress.org/about/stats/ and the updated
 collection of @samiamnot at
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58719#comment:16

 Second @justlevine's idea on
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58719#comment:15 to already
 preinform users to give them an early hint that they should prepare to
 update.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58719#comment:17>
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