[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12260: Add PHP requirement to plugin info retrieved trough API call

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#12260: Add PHP requirement to plugin info retrieved trough API call
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 Reporter:  petervanderdoes  |       Owner:  ryan      
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  WordPress.org    |     Version:            
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:            
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 Setup:
 Add a field to the header of the readme.txt
 Example:
 Requires at least PHP: 5.2

 Use this field in the back end, to be returned when calling:
 wp_remote_post('http://api.wordpress.org/plugins/update-check/1.0/',
 $options);
 adding it to the transient 'update_plugins'.

 Then when a plug-in upgrade is available and the plugin changed to require
 PHP5 with in the core the option to upgrade could be disabled with some
 info that the PHP version X is required and the server runs PHP version Y.

 Using a check during  the on activation hook means that during an upgrade
 of the plugin the old version is already removed and the user would have
 to download and install the previous version of the plugin.

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