[wp-hackers] php -v

Andrew Nacin wp at andrewnacin.com
Fri Nov 8 20:29:31 UTC 2013


On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Thomas Scholz <info at toscho.de> wrote:

> But by raising the requirements, WP would offer a better environment for
> plugin (and theme) authors.
>

If by better environment you mean vastly smaller user base. Feel free to
use that PHP 5.3 library, just make sure your plugin doesn't crash a 5.2
site and instead presents "a short, nicely written hint", as you suggest.
You're more than welcome to do that. WordPress will not.

Nacin


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