[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:  johnbillion
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.6
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by samiamnot):

 Updated for early April based on [https://wordpress.org/about/stats/
 stats]. 7.0+7.1 saw the typical tiny reduction. 7.2+7.3 continues to
 decrease nicely, down 0.82%. It will be a while until those are under 5%.
 While at the current rate it will be under 4% in 6 months, I expect the
 decrease to slow down as seen in older versions.


 ||='''Month/Year'''=||='''PHP 7.0'''=||='''PHP 7.1'''=||=''' PHP 7.0 +
 7.1'''=||='''PHP 7.2'''=||='''PHP 7.3'''=||='''PHP 7.2 + 7.3'''=||
 ||Jul 2023|| 2.05|| 1.38|| '''3.43%'''|| 6.48|| 8.16|| '''14.64%'''||
 ||Aug 2023|| 1.99|| 1.33|| '''3.32%'''|| 5.64|| 7.62|| '''13.26%'''||
 ||Sep 2023|| 1.93|| 1.27|| '''3.20%'''|| 5.55|| 7.18|| '''12.73%'''||
 ||Oct 2023|| 1.87|| 1.23|| '''3.10%'''|| 5.31|| 6.87|| '''12.18%'''||
 ||Nov 2023|| 1.79|| 1.17|| '''2.96%'''|| 5.20|| 6.51|| '''11.71%'''||
 ||Dec 2023|| 1.73|| 1.12|| '''2.85%'''|| 5.08|| 6.17|| '''11.25%'''||
 ||Jan 2024|| 1.68|| 1.09|| '''2.77%'''|| 4.79|| 5.90|| '''10.69%'''||
 ||Feb 2024|| 1.62|| 1.04|| '''2.66%'''|| 4.67|| 5.54|| '''10.21%'''||
 ||Mar 2024|| 1.55|| 0.99|| '''2.54%'''|| 4.30|| 5.11|| '''9.41%'''||
 ||Apr 2024|| 1.50|| 0.96|| '''2.46%'''|| 3.80|| 4.79|| '''8.59%'''||

 For historical reasons, here are the stats going back to PHP 5.2. This is
 not changing much and much are likely "abandoned" sites that are on old
 versions of WP.

 ||='''Month/Year'''=||='''PHP 5.2'''=||='''PHP 5.3'''=||='''PHP
 5.4'''=||='''PHP 5.5'''=||='''PHP 5.6'''=||='''PHP 7.0'''=||='''PHP
 7.1'''=||='''Total'''=||
 ||Jan 2024|| 0.21|| 0.50|| 0.44|| 0.35|| 3.21|| 1.67|| 1.08||
 '''7.46%'''||
 ||Feb 2024|| 0.21|| 0.49|| 0.42|| 0.35|| 3.12|| 1.62|| 1.04||
 '''7.25%'''||
 ||Mar 2024|| 0.21|| 0.48|| 0.39|| 0.34|| 3.02|| 1.55|| 0.99||
 '''6.98%'''||
 ||Apr 2024|| 0.20|| 0.47|| 0.38|| 0.33|| 2.93|| 1.50|| 0.95||
 '''6.76%'''||

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