[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 afragen):

 So it's been 16 months and now stats show that about half of the previous
 cohort of users are on 5.2 (now 32%)

 Is it worth supporting a plugin header such as `Requires PHP: 5.3` or as
 above and hook a function in plugin activation that doesn't allow
 activation and throws an admin notice if the `Requires PHP` header doesn't
 list a version that works and assumes the lowest acceptable version of PHP
 if the header is missing?

 It would seem a much cleaner solution by having this in core than having
 it in a myriad of individual plugins.

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