Please Display the PHP Version Number when it's outdated.

[christinahills]

Hi!

I am super excited about the new 5.1 and how it lets us know when our PHP
is outdated.

however, it would be really nice if it would display the version number we are running when it displays that it's out of date.

I had to install the plugin "Display PHP Version" to see the version #

It does not seem like it would be too hard to add that to core, since you are already displaying that it's out of date.

See my example in this pic.
​https://websitecreationworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/displayphpplease.png

thanks so much,
Christina Hills

[christinahills]

pic of the issue I am talking about with the PHP version not being shown

[mukesh27]

Patch to add PHP version info in PHP Update Required dashboard widget.

[mukesh27]

Hi @christinahills, Welcome to WordPress Trac! Thank you for your ticket.

Good cache. After apply above patch you get current PHP version in PHP Update Required dashboard widget.

[christinahills]

@mukesh27 Thank you so much!

Looking forward to having all my clients/students see this php version displayed in the next update of WordPress :) I will let them know.

Thanks for responding to this so quickly

-Christina

[bhargavmehta]

Hello,

I have updated the code to add translations of the string using sprintf.

Added patch for the same.

Thank you

[bhargavmehta]

Modified for translations

[garrett-eclipse]

Thanks @bhargavmehta the patch looks good, I've moved to Site Health component for further review.

[garrett-eclipse]

Related - #47651

Also adding needs-copy-review to look at how the proposed strings read, they are;
'WordPress has detected that your site is running on an insecure version of PHP %s.'
'WordPress has detected that your site is running on an outdated version of PHP %s.'
Note: %s refers to the version number.

[afragen]

I wonder whether putting the current running version into the Site Health warning with a link in the dashboard widget to Site Health would be more efficient. Yes, I realize this wouldn't backport.

What do you think @clorith

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: #48390

[Clorith]

I did just leave a note on the related ticket at #48390 (sorry for not spotting this ticket sooner) about the inclusion of version strings in the servehappy notice (which is what we call the dashboard widget notifying users of outdated PHP versions).

I'll cover it here as well, for completeness, and to get input whee possible;

I'm personally not a fan of numbers in user-facing strings, as they make text appear more technical than they need to be, especially when the numbers don't mean anything to the end user. That being said, I'm always open to discussions about it, so in an ideal world, what does this look like to you, how would you frame it so that it's accessible to users without seeming like too technical of a task?