Changeset 61459 for trunk/.github/workflows/upgrade-testing.yml

Timestamp:

01/09/2026 11:45:46 AM (9 months ago)

Author:

johnbillion

Message:

General: Increase the minimum supported version of PHP to 7.4.

Props justlevine, masteradhoc, samiamnot, matt, bradshawtm, 4thhubbard, desrosj, jorbin, westonruter, peterwilsoncc, johnbillion

Fixes #62622

File:

• trunk/.github/workflows/upgrade-testing.yml (modified) (4 diffs)

trunk/.github/workflows/upgrade-testing.yml

@@ -69 +69 @@
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-24.04' ]
-        php: [ '7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5' ]
+        php: [ '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5' ]
         db-type: [ 'mysql' ]
         db-version: [ '5.7', '8.0', '8.4', '9.5' ]
         wp: [ '6.7', '6.8' ]
         multisite: [ false, true ]
-
-        exclude:
-          # The PHP <= 7.3/MySQL 8.4 jobs currently fail due to mysql_native_password being disabled by default. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61218.
-          - php: '7.2'
-            db-version: '8.4'
-          - php: '7.3'
-            db-version: '8.4'
-          # MySQL 9.0+ will not work on PHP 7.2 & 7.3. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61218.
-          - php: '7.2'
-            db-version: '9.5'
-          - php: '7.3'
-            db-version: '9.5'
     with:
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -106 +94 @@
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-24.04' ]
-        php: [ '7.2', '7.4', '8.0', '8.4' ]
+        php: [ '7.4', '8.0', '8.4' ]
         db-type: [ 'mysql' ]
         db-version: [ '5.7', '8.4' ]
         wp: [ '6.0', '6.3', '6.4', '6.5' ]
         multisite: [ false, true ]
-
-        exclude:
-          # The PHP <= 7.3/MySQL 8.4 jobs currently fail due to mysql_native_password being disabled by default. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61218.
-          - php: '7.2'
-            db-version: '8.4'
-    with:
-      os: ${{ matrix.os }}
-      php: ${{ matrix.php }}
-      db-type: ${{ matrix.db-type }}
-      db-version: ${{ matrix.db-version }}
-      wp: ${{ matrix.wp }}
-      new-version: ${{ inputs.new-version && inputs.new-version || 'latest' }}
-      multisite: ${{ matrix.multisite }}
-
-  # Tests 5.x releases where the WordPress database version changed on the oldest and newest supported versions of PHP 7.
+    with:
+      os: ${{ matrix.os }}
+      php: ${{ matrix.php }}
+      db-type: ${{ matrix.db-type }}
+      db-version: ${{ matrix.db-version }}
+      wp: ${{ matrix.wp }}
+      new-version: ${{ inputs.new-version && inputs.new-version || 'latest' }}
+      multisite: ${{ matrix.multisite }}
+
+  # Tests 5.x releases where the WordPress database version changed on the only supported version of PHP 7.
   upgrade-tests-wp-5x-php-7x-mysql:
     name: ${{ matrix.wp }} to ${{ inputs.new-version && inputs.new-version || 'latest' }}
@@ -136 +119 @@
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-24.04' ]
-        php: [ '7.2', '7.4' ]
+        php: [ '7.4' ]
         db-type: [ 'mysql' ]
         db-version: [ '5.7', '8.4' ]
         wp: [ '5.0', '5.1', '5.3', '5.4', '5.5', '5.6', '5.9' ]
         multisite: [ false, true ]
-
-        exclude:
-          # The PHP <= 7.3/MySQL 8.4 jobs currently fail due to mysql_native_password being disabled by default. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61218.
-          - php: '7.2'
-            db-version: '8.4'
     with:
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -200 +178 @@
       matrix:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-24.04' ]
-        php: [ '7.2', '7.3', '7.4' ]
+        php: [ '7.4' ]
         db-type: [ 'mysql' ]
         db-version: [ '5.7', '8.0', '8.4', '9.5' ]
         wp: [ '4.7' ]
         multisite: [ false, true ]
-
-        exclude:
-          # The PHP <= 7.3/MySQL 8.4 jobs currently fail due to mysql_native_password being disabled by default. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61218.
-          - php: '7.2'
-            db-version: '8.4'
-          - php: '7.3'
-            db-version: '8.4'
-          # MySQL 9.0+ will not work on PHP 7.2 & 7.3. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61218.
-          - php: '7.2'
-            db-version: '9.5'
-          - php: '7.3'
-            db-version: '9.5'
     with:
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}