[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 samiamnot):

 Updated for early Feb 2024 based on [https://wordpress.org/about/stats/
 stats].


 ||='''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%'''||

 If we have to support no longer supported versions (note that if this were
 the case, we would not have been able to drop PHP 5.6 in #57345 when
 support was dropped, something we clearly did). At this rate of drop (a
 5th of a percent) in the past month, it will likely be some time in 2025
 before we can make 7.2 the minimum supported PHP version.

 ||='''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%'''||

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