[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.

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#33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.
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 Reporter:  alexander.rohmann                     |       Owner:  jorbin
     Type:  enhancement                           |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                                |   Milestone:
Component:  General                               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-codex dev-feedback 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by desmith):

 Copying from #36542, not necessarily as an opinion, just some handy facts
 for reference:

 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. Otherwise, the largest enterprise-y Linux distributions all
 support 5.3 (or newer).

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