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Opened 5 months ago

Closed 4 months ago

#7723 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

Minimum PHP version incorrect as of WordPress 6.6

Reported by: jonsurrell's profile jonsurrell Owned by: dd32's profile dd32
Milestone: Priority: normal
Component: General Keywords: has-patch
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Description

WordPress 6.6 changed the minimum supported PHP version to PHP 7.2.

The requirements page continues to claim 7.0+:

WordPress also works with PHP 7.0+ and MySQL 5.5.5+.

The compatibility page notes that WordPress 6.6 dropped support for versions 7.0 and 7.1.

Attachments (1)

diff.patch (623 bytes) - added by jonsurrell 5 months ago.
Patch updating wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/mu-plugins/pub/servehappy-config.php minimum PHP version.

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Change History (6)

This ticket was mentioned in PR #481 on WordPress/wporg-main-2022 by @jonsurrell.


5 months ago
#1

  • Keywords has-patch added

WordPress 6.6 changed the minimum supported PHP version to PHP 7.2.
The requirements page continues to claim 7.0+:
WordPress also works with PHP 7.0+ and MySQL 5.5.5+.
The compatibility page notes that WordPress 6.6 dropped support for versions 7.0 and 7.1.

Fixes https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7723

Props pkevan

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5 months ago

@jonsurrell
5 months ago

Patch updating wordpress.org/public_html/wp-content/mu-plugins/pub/servehappy-config.php minimum PHP version.

#3 @jonsurrell
5 months ago

@clorith mentioned that the PR is not sufficient to update the constants and pointed me in the correct direction. I've attached a patch that should address the problem by updating the value of the constant.

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4 months ago

#5 @dd32
4 months ago

  • Owner set to dd32
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 13936:

ServeHappy: Bump minimum WordPress supported PHP to 7.2.24.

Props jonsurrell, Clorith, JavierCasares, dd32.
See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.6/src/wp-includes/version.php
Fixes #7723.

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