[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51043: PHP: bump minimum version requirements

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#51043: PHP: bump minimum version requirements
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 Reporter:  jrf              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  high             |   Milestone:
Component:  General          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:  has-patch early  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Replying to [comment:11 justlevine]:
 > What's the usage for 5.6 and 7.0 separately? Iirc the migration from
 7->7.1 was negligible compared to 5.6->7, so beyond the great points
 @SergeyBiryukov made it's possible were 'leaving behind' a lot fewer sites
 than we think.

 For WP 5.2 to 5.5, 10.69% on PHP 5.6 and 10.79% on PHP 7.0.

 It's also worth noting that the "minimum acceptable" PHP version was
 bumped from 7.0 to 7.2 only two months ago, see #meta5257. In these two
 months, PHP 7.0 percentage for WP 5.2 to 5.5 has dropped from 12.44% to
 10.79%. So it seems a bit too early to come to the conclusion that the
 current measures are ineffective.

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