[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.0

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#57345: Bump the minimum required PHP version to 7.0
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov                        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)                        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  General                               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by spacedmonkey):

 > Frankly I'm on the fence here. Don't really see any significant benefits
 that PHP 7.0 has over PHP 5.6. On the other hand chances are that the
 sites that are currently on 5.6 will be moved straight to 7.4 or even
 8.0+. So at least these users may see some speed increase, etc.

 There is a speed benefit moving from PHP 5.6 to 7.0, not to mention
 security. There is along language improvements, like typing. But the
 biggest one for me, is tooling, as most modern php libraries do not
 support php 5.6, so we can not use them in our project. PHPUnit is a good
 example.

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