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Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #57345, comment 48


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12/23/2022 07:20:44 AM (22 months ago)
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  • Ticket #57345, comment 48

    initial v1  
    26261. We can drop PHP 5.6 support in WP 6.2 which will be coming in 2 or 3 months. In other words, users on PHP 5.6 will further drop by then.
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    28 Once we dropped PHP 5.6 support, users on it will move to new PHP version faster and it will also motivate people on PHP 7.0/7.1 to upgrade.
     282. Once we dropped PHP 5.6 support, users on it will move to new PHP version faster and it will also motivate people on PHP 7.0/7.1 to upgrade. We will most likely be able to drop their support in WP 6.3 which will be released in 9 months or so.
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    30 We will most likely be able to drop their support in WP 6.3 which will be released in 9 months or so.
     303. If that worked out fine, we can aim to further bump it to PHP 7.3 in WP 6.4 which will be available in 1.5 years.
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    32 If that worked out fine, we can aim to further bump it to PHP 7.3 in WP 6.4 which will be available in 1.5 years.
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    34 Finally we can bump it to PHP 7.4 in WP 6.5/6.6 which will be released in next 2 to 3 years.
     324. Finally we can bump it to PHP 7.4 in WP 6.5/6.6 which will be released in next 2 to 3 years.
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    3634There is no shortcut to it.