[wp-hackers] php -v

Coen Jacobs coenjacobs at gmail.com
Thu Nov 7 16:45:20 UTC 2013


If you compare those two graphs it might look outdated, it is actually not.
The difference between the two graphs is that the one on wordpress.org is
the PHP version on servers running WordPress. The one you linked to is the
web in general.


On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Baki Goxhaj <banago at gmail.com> wrote:

> That graph is very outdated. Look here instead:
> http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/5/all
>
> Because I use a small class on my themes that requires 3.5, I've asked 10+
> clients to upgrade PHP to more then 5.2 and the good news is all of them
> have done so with no issue at all. It seems people still use 5.2 in many
> hosts because that was pre-selected 3-4 years ago when the signed up.
>
> I think WordPress can make a difference in this sphere by requiring at
> least 5.3.
>
> Kindly,
>
> Baki Goxhaj
> about.me/banago
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq <
> abdussamad at abdussamad.com> wrote:
>
> > Far too many people are still on 5.2:
> >
> > http://wordpress.org/about/stats/
> >
> >
> > On 11/07/2013 09:29 PM, Baki Goxhaj wrote:
> >
> >> Hi guys,
> >>
> >> Are there any plans to upgrade the minimum required version of PHP in
> WP?
> >> I
> >> think we are falling a little behind.
> >>
> >> What's the word on that?
> >>
> >> Kindly,
> >>
> >> Baki Goxhaj
> >> about.me/banago
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