[wp-hackers] php -v

[Abdussamad Abdurrazzaq]

Hosts are loath to upgrade. Just look back at how long php 4 was around. 
They don't want the customer support headache that upgrading PHP brings 
them.

On 11/07/2013 09:43 PM, Baki Goxhaj 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 That graph is very outdated.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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