[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  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by johnbillion):

 * keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests 2nd-opinion => has-patch has-unit-
               tests


Comment:

 > Don't really see any significant benefits that running WP on PHP 7.0 has
 over running on PHP 5.6.

 Please, let's not drag this topic on any longer. The benefits of
 ''running'' a site on PHP 7 or 8 instead of PHP 5 are numerous,
 significant, and well documented, but that's not up for debate here.

 The benefits of increasing the ''minimum supported version'' in WordPress
 core are ones that manifest over time and in multiple places, including
 within the plugin and theme ecosystem, within the long term outward
 perception of the WordPress project, within developer relations, and
 eventually within the WordPress codebase and its tooling. These are all
 topics that get discussed every time a PHP minimum version update are
 proposed, it's nothing new.

 > This is not a fast process :)

 It doesn't have to be. Sites that are running PHP 5.6 on the day WordPress
 drops support for it will remain as-is and they can update both PHP and
 WordPress at their leisure. They're more likely to be under pressure from
 plugins and themes that have higher minimum PHP version requirements than
 core.

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