Drop php 7.2 support from CiviCRM 5.58 (after 5.57 ESR)

Per previous efforts to drop PHP version support I propose we drop 7.2 in 5.58. This means people who want another 6 months can use the ESR. Usage numbers for php 7.2 (around 1k) are around the levels where we dropped previous versions & support is starting to get harder - see https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/24952

This is filed under wordpress - is that an extra factor?

For me personally I'd give +1. The last time this came up the holdup was some sites are on hosting where the hoster/linux distribution provides ongoing support for the php version and it's not easy to change. I don't know if that's still an issue.

This is filed under wordpress - is that an extra factor?

@eileen +1 on this question.

erm - opps

Thanks @eileen

I support this.

While I have sympathy for people on old, unsupported, insecure platforms I don't think we should try to support them because it's holding back quality (things like type declarations).

I think if you want to run old stuff, do so at own risk.

I think running a CRM that processes personal data in the 2020s requires a serious commitment to keeping up to date, otherwise, at least in EU/UK you're probably not fulfilling your legal requirements.

CiviCRM can either support old stuff or stay relevant and up to date itself, but it does not have the resources to do both.

I don't think this change will surprise anyone. Admins running 7.2 are already seeing this message pop up periodically:

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https://wordpress.org/about/stats/ show 7.2 is about 8% WP installs - Do we have any stats on php version per CMS? Either way with just our stats I'd be OK with php 7.3 being minimum required.

Title mentions 5.58, and description mentions 5.59. Possibly a typo.

FWIW, the next ESR is scheduled to be 5.57, so 5.58 could drop php72.

changed title from Drop php 7.2 support from CiviCRM 5.58 (the next ESR) to Drop php 7.2 support from CiviCRM 5.58 (after 5.57 ESR)

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Ok, fixed the description, and here's a PR: https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-core/pull/25147

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marked this issue as related to #4812 (closed)

mentioned in issue #4812 (closed)