[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58719: Bump the minimum PHP version to 7.2

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#58719: Bump the minimum PHP version to 7.2
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 Reporter:  justlevine   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 @peq42 I appreciate your concern but the topic of WordPress retaining
 support for EOL versions of PHP has been discussed to death and back
 again. Just because the PHP project has ended support for a version of PHP
 does not mean that every piece of software must stop supporting that
 version. Bumping the minimum supported PHP version to 8.0 would mean
 cutting off over two thirds of all existing WordPress sites. That is
 unreasonably hostile to users, and without users there is no WordPress.

 Let's keep this ticket on topic, thank you. A few internal (sorry)
 discussions have happened about which version we could or should bump the
 minimum to, based on current and projected usage figures and how they
 correlate with WordPress versions.

 Hopefully we'll have an update soon.

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