[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62622: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.4

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#62622: Bump minimum PHP version to 7.4
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 Reporter:  justlevine                |       Owner:  johnbillion
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  7.0
Component:  General                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by bradshawtm):

 Based on the milestone change, it sounds like this is not going to make it
 in WP 6.9, which is disappointing for the variety of reasons mentioned
 above.

 * Can we be sure the bump to 7.4 will be in WP 7.0 (5.5 years past PHP
 7.2's end-of-life)?
 * Are there any plans in place to drop PHP 7.4 support (currently 3 years
 past end-of-life)?

 Maintaining full support in core (and plugins following core) for 9 major
 versions of a language is quite a tall order. Plugins often have the added
 burden of maintaining things for a version or two behind of WP core.

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