Documentation: Update PHPCompatibilityWP version recommendation to 7.2 #2471
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As of WordPress 6.6, released on 16 July 2024, WordPress no longer supports PHP 7.0 and 7.1 References: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/08/dropping-support-for-php-7-1/ https://wordpress.org/news/2024/07/dorsey/
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I'm in two minds about this change. For plugins/themes, WPCS, by default, presumes support for the last three versions of WP Core and two of those do not have a minimum supported version of PHP At the same time, the phrasing in the README says "the same PHP versions as WordPress Core supports", so leaving that recommendation at PHP Also note that any update like this should probably also update the |
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As of WordPress 6.6, released on 16 July 2024, WordPress no longer supports PHP 7.0 and 7.1, so I’ve updated the recommended testVersion for PHPCompatibilityWP to be 7.2 in the README.
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