[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 March 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%'''||
 ||Mar 2024|| 1.55|| 0.99|| '''2.54%'''|| 4.30|| 5.11|| '''9.41%'''||

 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).

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

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