wordpress-importer tests failing for old branches on PHP < 7.2

[desrosj]

The WordPress Importer plugin has raised the minimum required version of PHP to 7.2 as of September 5, 2025 (see ​the PR on GitHub).

This has caused the PHPUnit tests to fail when running on older versions of PHP.

The Importer tests were removed from wordpress-develop in #42668/[59769].

The test workflow either needs a new boolean input to control whether these tests run, or the importer tests should be disabled entirely in older branches supporting PHP 7.1 and earlier.

[swissspidy]

Can we simply use an older version of the plugin on these branches?

This fixes the failing WordPress Importer plugin tests by pinning the final version of the plugin with support for PHP < 7.2.

Trac ticket: Core-63983

@swissspidy I've made the version dynamic so that the primary branch continues to be tested on 7.2+. Could you give it another look over for me?

[desrosj]

Replying to swissspidy:

Can we simply use an older version of the plugin on these branches?

Yes, that should work. The PR I've attached will dynamically checkout the correct version.

This fixes the failing WordPress Importer plugin tests by pinning the final version of the plugin with support for PHP < 7.2.

Trac ticket: Core-63983

Also created #9895 for the 6.5 branch, which is the latest branch with support for PHP < 7.2.

This fixes the failing WordPress Importer plugin tests by pinning the final version of the plugin with support for PHP < 7.2.

Trac ticket: Core-63983

[desrosj]

In 60748:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

Fixed in r60748.

[desrosj]

In 60750:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 6.4 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60751:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 6.3 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60752:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 6.2 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60753:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 6.1 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60754:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 6.0 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60755:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.9 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60756:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.8 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60757:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.7 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60758:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.6 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60759:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.5 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60760:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.4 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60761:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.3 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

[desrosj]

In 60762:

Build/Test Tools: Pin Importer plugin version for PHP < 7.2.

The WordPress Importer plugin now requires PHP 7.2 or higher. The plugin’s unit tests were removed as of [59769] in favor of running only within the plugin’s repository on GitHub instead.

[59769] was made during the 6.8 release cycle, so all WP <= 6.7 branches still checkout the latest revision for the plugin before running the PHPUnit test suite.

This change modifies the env:install script to download version 0.9.0 of the plugin (which is the last version of the Importer plugin that supports PHP < 7.2) when a qualifying version is being tested.

Merges [60748] to the 5.2 branch.

Props @swissspidy.
See #63983.

Merged in r60762.

Fixed in r60751.

[jorbin]

6.8.3 was a security only release. Punting though 6.8.4 is not planned as a release

[desrosj]

With 6.9 RC1 out, there are no plans to ship a 6.8.4 release. Moving this to the 6.9 milestone as that will be the first release following the commits for this ticket.