[theme-reviewers] PHP 5.3 In Themes

[Chip Bennett]

Also: I would argue against the use of anonymous functions. They are
inherently Child-Theme unfriendly when used for callbacks, because they
cannot be overridden with corresponding remove_action() or remove_filter()
calls.


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> 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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