[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23880: Minimum PHP version in Plugins

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#23880: Minimum PHP version in Plugins
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 Reporter:  TJNowell         |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugins          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by bpetty):

 Replying to [comment:34 nacin]:
 > I could see us moving to PHP 5.3 as early as 2014.

 At which point, plugin authors would simply mark their plugin as having a
 minimum version requirement on that version of WordPress.

 Honestly, if you're concerned about "bumpy" transitions, the last thing
 you want to do is enable or encourage plugin developers to use completely
 different (and even more restrictive) PHP version requirements than the
 version of WordPress someone has installed. This can only make the problem
 worse. Instead, if there's going to be anything managing minimum
 versioning requirements, it should only be on the version of WordPress
 installed - and we already have the cautionary fields in place for that
 (they just aren't strictly enforced).

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