[wp-hackers] PHP requirement for plugins

[James DiGioia]

There's also this library, which will handle PHP version checking and put
up an admin notice in WordPress if the user's version isn't high enough:

https://github.com/WPupdatePHP/wp-update-php

- James

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Abdussamad <abdussamad at postbox.work> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> WordPress.org maintains stats about the PHP versions people are using.
> It's worth a look:
>
> https://wordpress.org/about/stats/
>
> The data is current. The page is updated based on data from active WP
> installations.
>
> Regards,
> Abdussamad
>
>
> On 05/03/2016 01:29 PM, Chloé Desoutter wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I don't mean to troll but why as plug-in/theme developers should we
>> consider supporting obsolete, unmaintained versions of PHP that will
>> suffer
>> from huge security flaws?
>>
>> This grasping to past versions, broadest compatibility, etc. hinders with
>> providing secure, reliable code.
>>
>> We should be the ones pushing hosters and hoster customers towards newer,
>> better supported code versions.
>>
>> That said, your version test code needs to be the first called by your
>> plug-in and to refrain from using newer syntactic elements that would
>> cause
>> parse errors.
>>
>> Yours sincerely,
>>
>> 2016-05-03 0:56 GMT+02:00 James Currie <jamie at wunderdojo.com>:
>>
>> Nothing I'm aware of. This is what I use:
>>>
>>>   public static function check_php_version() {
>>>              $plugin_name = PLUGIN_NAME;
>>>              $php_min_version = MIN_PHP_VERSION;
>>>              $php_min_version_formatted = MIN_PHP_VERSION_FORMATTED;
>>>
>>>              if ( ! ( PHP_VERSION_ID ) || version_compare(
>>> PHP_VERSION_ID,
>>> $php_min_version, '<' )) {
>>>                  wp_die( sprintf( __( 'PHP version %1$s or greater is
>>> required to use this version of the %2$s plugin!', 'text-domain' ),
>>> "<strong>{$php_min_version_formatted}</strong>", $plugin_name ) );
>>>              }
>>>
>>>          }
>>>
>>> The constants it references look like:
>>>
>>> const MIN_PHP_VERSION = '50300';
>>> const MIN_PHP_VERSION_FORMATTED = '5.3.0';
>>>
>>> *Jamie Currie*
>>> ------------------
>>> CEO, wunderdojo
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>>>
>>> On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 3:05 PM, J.D. Grimes <jdg at codesymphony.co> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Stephen,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if there is a "best practice" implementation of this out
>>>> there or not. There is nothing like this in WordPress core, and probably
>>>> never will be. You might want to take a look at
>>>> https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/26909 and the related tickets
>>>> for
>>>> a better understanding of why.
>>>>
>>>> - J.D.
>>>>
>>>> On May 2, 2016, at 5:52 PM, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com>
>>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all —
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a standardized method in WordPress to declare that a plugin or
>>>>>
>>>> theme requires a certain version of PHP?  I’ve started coding my plugins
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>> require PHP 5.4.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I know I can write code that does something like check for the right
>>>>>
>>>> PHP
>>>
>>>> version and deactivate the plugin if it’s not met; but is there anything
>>>> like this already within WP?  It would be great if we could just add a
>>>>
>>> line
>>>
>>>> to the Readme.txt or the plugin Headers.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Stephen Rider
>>>>>
>>>>> wp-hackers at striderweb.com
>>>>> http://striderweb.com/nerdaphernalia
>>>>>
>>>>>
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