[wp-hackers] php -v

[Nashwan Doaqan]

1+, to require PHP 5.3.x as a minimum version.

It make a big difference for us as plugin developers, we will could use all
PHP 5.3 features without worrying about the compatibility problems!

I ask all of my clients to upgrade the PHP version to PHP 5.3 and no one
have a problem with that.. most good hosts have a 'PHP Version Select' in
the cPanel.



On 7 November 2013 21:23, John Blackbourn <johnbillion+wp at gmail.com> wrote:

> There has been discussion on this in various places over recent months and
> years.
>
> There is little argument in favour of raising the minimum required PHP
> version to 5.3 because of the limited increase in features that it provides
> over 5.2 (namespacing and closures being the main ones). This is not enough
> of a feature set to warrant raising the minimum PHP version (closures would
> provide no benefit to WordPress, and I love namespacing but we've survived
> this long without it).
>
> Rather than asking "Are there any plans to upgrade the minimum required
> version of PHP in WP?", the question should be "If we raise the minimum
> required version of PHP, will it give us enough benefit to warrant the
> raise?"
>
> So if we're talking about raising the minimum required PHP version, there
> has to be a solid case for it. What benefits would we get by moving to PHP
> 5.3, 5.4 or 5.5? 5.4 gives us traits, but not a lot else besides various
> shorthand syntaxes. 5.5 gives us generators and a new password API.
>
> Does this list of features provide enough of a benefit to WordPress to
> warrant raising the minimum required version? Are the performance
> improvements in these versions enough of a benefit on their own? (They may
> well be.)
>
> When we moved from PHP 4 to PHP 5(.2) the benefit was substantial because
> of the changes in the object model (visibility, abstract classes, magic
> methods, autoloading) and probably other things I've not thought of. The
> benefits that 5.3-5.5 provide over these are lesser in comparison.
>
> There was some mention recently of another drive aimed at getting hosts to
> update their PHP versions, similar to the GoPHP5 initiative back yonder. I
> can't see this happening though.
>
> John
>
> On 7 November 2013 17:10, Justas Butkus <jbutkus at time.ly> wrote:
>
> > 2013.11.07 19:04, J.D. Grimes rašė:
> >
> >  I’ve often thought that the lead devs should just announce that support
> >> for 5.2 will be dropped by a certain date, and see what happens.
> >>
> > Optionally using big red box in admin notification area and suggesting
> > that next minimum supported version will be PHP 5.5.
> >
> > Actually, with our plugin (All-in-One Event Calendar) we see a bit
> > different numbers (there might be some skew):
> >     - more than 55% are using WordPress 3.6.1 or earlier;
> >     - more than 20% are using PHP 5.2.x or earlier.
> > Sure it says little about WordPress in general, but that's mostly why I
> am
> > interested, whereas WordPress maintainers has some chance to see, if
> there
> > might be few major players in hosting using old versions.
> >
> > --
> > Justas Butkus
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