[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36542: Minimum support to PHP 5.3 from 5.2.9

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#36542: Minimum support to PHP 5.3 from 5.2.9
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 Reporter:  seancjones   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by desmith):

 Here's a quick summary of the versions supported by Ubuntu LTS and Red Hat
 Enterprise Linux, probably the two most prominent Linux distributions for
 servers:

 RHEL 5: Shipped with PHP 5.1.6, supported through March 2017
 RHEL 6: Shipped with PHP 5.3.3, supported through November 2020
 RHEL 7: Shipped with PHP 5.4.16, supported through June 2024
 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Shipped with PHP 5.3.10, supported through November 2017
 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Shipped with PHP 5.5.9, supported through November 2019

 RHEL 5 doesn't count, as its shipped version of PHP already is too old for
 WordPress. I wouldn't support going past PHP 5.3 at this time, but at
 least for larger, enterprise-y users, I think 5.3 would be relatively
 safe.

 Sources: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata,
 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS, http://www.sasaprolic.com/2013/02/list-of-
 current-php-version-in-major.html

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