[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:  6.9
Component:  General                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 Replying to [comment:31 matt]:
 > Let's hold off on this for 6.9 but revisit after.

 @matt I think this change should go ahead in 6.9. The goal of increasing
 the minimum supported version of PHP is only ever to ensure the long term
 maintainability of WordPress. This ticket, like its forebears, contains
 plenty of statistical analysis and reasoning in favour of dropping support
 for PHP 7.2 and 7.3. The only data point that is not in favour of this
 change is your brief comment.

 We're already seeing the negative effects of continuing to support PHP
 7.2. For example, the AI team are building libraries for cutting edge
 technology but are constrained by the syntax of -- and tooling that needs
 to be compatible with -- a version of PHP that was released 8 years ago
 and is used by 2% of sites.

 If you're still not in favour of this change then please drop your
 concerns in a comment here. If you've changed your mind then I'll go ahead
 and ensure this change is made in time for beta 1.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62622#comment:37>
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