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Opened 4 years ago

Closed 4 years ago

#5727 closed task (blessed) (fixed)

Bump ServeHappy PHP constants to 7.3+

Reported by: sergeybiryukov's profile SergeyBiryukov Owned by: sergeybiryukov's profile SergeyBiryukov
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Description

Background: #5257, #5279.

The SUPPORTED_PHP value in servehappy-config.php is currently at 7.3.

The SECURE_PHP and ACCEPTABLE_PHP values are at 7.2, last changed in [9959] / #5257.

Since security support for PHP 7.2 and active support for PHP 7.3 ended last December, these values should be updated. Some context:

  • SUPPORTED_PHP is the lowest branch of PHP which is actively supported.
  • SECURE_PHP is the lowest branch of PHP which is receiving security updates.
  • ACCEPTABLE_PHP is the lowest branch of PHP which is still considered "acceptable" in WordPress. Sites with a version lower than this will see the ServeHappy dashboard widget urging them to update.

Based on the above, it seems like:

  • SUPPORTED_PHP should be updated to 7.4.
  • SECURE_PHP should be updated to 7.3.
  • ACCEPTABLE_PHP should also be updated to 7.3, since we want users to have a secure version.

We can also discuss whether we want to bump the RECOMMENDED_PHP version to 8.0, however, given the large number of breaking changes there and unknown state of plugin compatibility, it might be a bit premature at this time.

Change History (3)

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4 years ago

#2 @jrf
4 years ago

I strongly support bumping the SUPPORTED_PHP, SECURE_PHP and ACCEPTABLE_PHP versions.

I also agree with @SergeyBiryukov that it is way too early to bump the RECOMMENDED_PHP version to 8.0. That should stay at 7.4 for the foreseeable future or at least until all PHP 8.0 related tickets have seen action or are solved, including ticket https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51553

#3 @SergeyBiryukov
4 years ago

  • Owner set to SergeyBiryukov
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 10960:

API: ServeHappy: Bump the minimum acceptable PHP version to 7.3.

Sites with a version lower than this will see the ServeHappy dashboard widget urging them to update.

Additionally:

  • Bump the lowest branch of PHP which is actively supported to 7.4.
  • Bump the lowest branch of PHP which is receiving security updates to 7.3.

See https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php.

Follow-up to [9959].

Fixes #5727.

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