[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58719: Bump the minimum PHP version to 7.2

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#58719: Bump the minimum PHP version to 7.2
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 Reporter:  justlevine   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by samiamnot):

 Updated for early Jan 2024 based on [https://wordpress.org/about/stats/
 stats].

 As reported earlier, PHP 7.2 is now less than 5% (4.79% down from 5.08% in
 Dec) and PHP 7.3 is likely 2 months from dropping below 5%. 7.2+7.3
 dropped about 4% over half a year as sites move to newer PHP versions and
 at this rate ... .

 ||='''Month/Year'''=||='''PHP7.0'''=||='''PHP 7.1'''=||=''' PHP 7.0 +
 7.1'''=||='''PHP 7.2'''=||='''PHP 7.3'''=||='''PHP 7.2 + 7.3'''=||
 ||Jul 2023||2.05||1.38||3.43%||6.48||8.16||14.64%||
 ||Aug 2023||1.99||1.33||3.32%||5.64||7.62||13.26%||
 ||Sep 2023||1.93||1.27||3.20%||5.55||7.18||12.73%||
 ||Oct 2023||1.87||1.23||3.10%||5.31||6.87||12.18%||
 ||Nov 2023||1.79||1.17||2.96%||5.20||6.51||11.71%||
 ||Dec 2023||1.73||1.12||2.85%||5.08||6.17||11.25%||
 ||Jan 2024||1.68||1.09||2.77%||4.79||5.90||10.69%||

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