[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.

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#33381: Strategize the updating of minimum PHP version.
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 Reporter:  alexander.rohmann                    |       Owner:  jorbin
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  General                              |  Review
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  needs-codex dev-feedback 2nd-        |  Resolution:
  opinion                                        |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dd32):

 > Isn't Matt and team working towards getting hosts to upgrade their PHP
 versions?

 FWIW This process has been extremely slow, and thanks to the longtail of
 hosts (thousands of them) it's almost impossible to contact every host. A
 lot of them just don't proactively switch users and require the user to
 contact them to initiate the process.

 > If you want in on this page - https://wordpress.org/hosting/ you have to
 keep your PHP versions upgrades to a certain schedule
 That list will always be a small fraction of the hosts, but yes, part of
 being listed there is already bound to be that they run modern software
 (All the hosts I can think of that have been listed there in recent times
 have always had the latest versions of PHP available).

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 My experience of having a plugin require PHP 5.4 was a lot of people who
 just don't understand what is wrong when software says their version of
 PHP is outdated. They blame the plugin for being broken, even when told
 their PHP is many years out of date.
 End-users are not developers, and they don't like to contact their host
 for help if it's not their host telling them about the problem.

 I don't know the answer here, but every time this comes up I get one more
 step towards encouraging a banner of some form within WordPress. I used to
 be highly against it, but backed by a properly designed and informative
 page, might be the only option available to WordPress in the long-run.

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