[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2

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#57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.2
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov                       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
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Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-        |     Focuses:
  opinion                                        |
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Comment (by JavierCasares):

 > What i could see doable is:
 > ||= WordPress Version =||= Minimum PHP Version =||= PHP EOL since Date*
 =||= Comment =||
 > ||WP 6.3||PHP 7.0||31 Dec 2018|| PHP 5.6 Support will be dropped ||
 > ||WP 6.4||PHP 7.2||10 Jan 2019\\1 Dec 2019|| PHP 7.0 will be
 dropped\\PHP 7.1 Support will be dropped ||
 > ||WP 6.5||PHP 7.3||30 Nov 2020||  PHP 7.2 Support will be dropped\\''TBD
 as currently still on 6.26% - might be possible to get that number below
 5% for that release'' ||

 [https://wiki.php.net/todo/php83 PHP 8.3 will be released on 2023-11-23],
 and the [https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php support-end for PHP
 8.0 2023-11-26], so, closing the gap will be great.

 PHP 7.4 will be difficult to reach because it is a well-established
 version. But having the goal to go from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.4, as a minimum,
 is great.

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