[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43992: Prevent activation of a plugin if its required PHP version is too high

[WordPress Trac]

#43992: Prevent activation of a plugin if its required PHP version is too high
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 Reporter:  flixos90                             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.1
Component:  Plugins                              |     Version:
 Severity:  major                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests         |     Focuses:
  servehappy dev-feedback                        |
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Comment (by afragen):

 This could be something as simple as the following.


 {{{
 add_filter(
         'plugin_action_links',
         function ( $actions, $plugin_file, $plugin_data ) {
                 $compatible_php = ( empty( $plugin_data['Requires PHP'] )
 || version_compare( substr( phpversion(), 0, strlen(
 $plugin_data['Requires PHP'] ) ), $plugin_data['Requires PHP'], '>=' ) );
                 if ( ! $compatible_php ) {
                         unset( $actions['activate'] );
                 }
                 return $actions;
         },
         10,
         3
 );
 }}}

 This needs an extra plugin header {{{Requires PHP}}} and if no header is
 present will allow activation. This is only for the plugins.php page.

 I think it's going to be much more difficult to stop activation from an
 uploaded plugin via the upload panel.

 A more inclusive solution would likely require a filter hook into `wp-
 admin/includes/plugin.php` `validate_plugin()` that passes the plugin's
 headers.

 Just brain dumping.

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