[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:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by pento):

 Adding this to Core doesn't solve the underlying problem of how to get
 users to upgrade, all it does is tell them they can't do something because
 reasons.

 We have the browser version check, because we can at least give people
 instructions that will work (except for some corporate environments) to
 upgrade their browser. The equivalent instructions for upgrading PHP
 aren't so simple.

 "If your host uses cPanel, login to your cPanel (using your cPanel
 username, not your WordPress username. No, it's probably different to your
 domain management username, too). Click on PHP Versions, and select PHP
 5.6. If that's not available, select PHP 5.5. If that's not available,
 contact your host..."

 You get the idea.

 We're working with hosts to identify sites running old versions of PHP,
 and to upgrade their PHP versions automatically, but it's naturally a slow
 process. The hold up isn't WordPress, it's random scripts that people run
 that haven't been updated since PHP 4. Sites break, and the hosts then
 have to fix it.

 In the mean time, I have no problem with plugins using tools like
 [http://www.wpupdatephp.com/ WPupdatePHP], but I don't think such a check
 is appropriate for Core.

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