[theme-reviewers] PHP 5.3 In Themes

[Chip Bennett]

My initial reaction here is that Themes should support the current core
WordPress minimum requirements, which would mean that Themes that implement
features beyond the minimum requirements would, at a minimum, need to
ensure graceful degradation.


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Ryan Van Etten <ryanve at gmail.com> wrote:

> PHP 5.3 supports closures<http://php.net/manual/en/functions.anonymous.php> and
> other features <http://php.net/manual/en/migration53.new-features.php>. I
> want to propose a mechanism for safely allowing PHP 5.3+ themes:
>
> /**
>  * Theme Name: example
>  * Minimum PHP version: 5.3.0
>  * ...
>  */
>
> With this info, the theme installation page could prevent users from
> installing 5.3 themes on 5.2 servers. The "Activate" link could be replaced
> with an alert that tells the user that the theme needs a higher PHP
> version. If unspecified, it'd default to the WP requirement<http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/>
> .
>
> I'd like to see WP be proactive about encouraging users to use 5.3+. The
> sooner we get the majority<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8372114/php-version-adoption-stats>on 5.3, the better it will be for the core too. The same technique could be
> used for plugins, and it is future-proof to 5.4 etc.
>
> @ryanve <http://twitter.com/ryanve>
>
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