From 09dad210cf6c16a7b4c4dc1d5432459df553eb10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilambar Sharma <nilambar@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:26:54 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] Bump min php support to 7.4

---
 .github/workflows/behat-test.yml | 4 +---
 .github/workflows/php-test.yml   | 5 +----
 CONTRIBUTING.md                  | 2 +-
 composer.json                    | 4 ++--
 phpcs-sniffs/composer.json       | 6 +++---
 phpcs-sniffs/phpcs.xml.dist      | 2 +-
 phpcs.xml.dist                   | 2 +-
 plugin.php                       | 4 ++--
 8 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/behat-test.yml b/.github/workflows/behat-test.yml
index de9b8c633..85e664fb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/behat-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/behat-test.yml
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         php:
-        - '7.2'
-        - '7.3'
         - '7.4'
         - '8.0'
         - '8.1'
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           - php: '8.2'
             wordpress: 'latest'
             coverage: true
-          - php: '7.2'
+          - php: '7.4'
             wordpress: '6.3'
           - php: '8.3'
             wordpress: 'trunk'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-test.yml b/.github/workflows/php-test.yml
index bb7d48eec..03bc69be9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-test.yml
@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         php:
-        - '7.3'
         - '7.4'
         - '8.0'
         - '8.1'
         wordpress: [ 'latest' ]
         include:
-          - php: '7.2'
+          - php: '7.4'
             wordpress: '6.3'
           - php: '8.2'
             wordpress: 'latest'
@@ -115,8 +114,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         php:
-        - '7.2'
-        - '7.3'
         - '7.4'
         - '8.0'
         - '8.1'
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 41a9bd898..6749fea47 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Plugin Check plugin!
 In general, all code must follow the [WordPress Coding Standards and best practices](https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/). All code in the Plugin Check plugin must follow these requirements:
 
 - **WordPress**: The plugin's minimum WordPress version requirement is 6.3.
-- **PHP**: Always match the latest WordPress version. The minimum required version right now is 7.2.24.
+- **PHP**: Always match the latest WordPress version. The minimum required version right now is 7.4.
 
 ## Guidelines
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e654e06db..d23f2c8a7 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "type": "wordpress-plugin",
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=7.2.24",
+    "php": ">=7.4",
     "ext-json": "*",
     "afragen/wordpress-plugin-readme-parser": "dev-master#67fba498d0b112acf84386b95e4905c539a33f0b",
     "automattic/vipwpcs": "^3.0.0",
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       "phpstan/extension-installer": true
     },
     "platform": {
-      "php": "7.2.24"
+      "php": "7.4"
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/phpcs-sniffs/composer.json b/phpcs-sniffs/composer.json
index 321eea251..7258b4dba 100644
--- a/phpcs-sniffs/composer.json
+++ b/phpcs-sniffs/composer.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=7.2.24",
+    "php": ">=7.4",
     "ext-libxml": "*",
     "ext-tokenizer": "*",
     "ext-xmlreader": "*",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": true
     },
     "platform": {
-      "php": "7.2.24"
+      "php": "7.4"
     }
   },
   "scripts": {
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@
     "lint": "Lint PHP files against parse errors.",
     "run-tests": "Run all the unit tests for the Plugin Check Coding Standards sniffs."
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/phpcs-sniffs/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs-sniffs/phpcs.xml.dist
index 337d86812..9f61b589c 100644
--- a/phpcs-sniffs/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs-sniffs/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	</rule>
 
 	<!-- Check code for cross-version PHP compatibility. -->
-	<config name="testVersion" value="7.2-"/>
+	<config name="testVersion" value="7.4-"/>
 
 	<!-- Enforce PSR1 compatible namespaces. -->
 	<rule ref="PSR1.Classes.ClassDeclaration"/>
diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index 178470c80..436717cd8 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<description>Sniffs for WordPress plugins, with minor modifications for Performance</description>
 
 	<rule ref="PHPCompatibility"/>
-	<config name="testVersion" value="7.2-"/>
+	<config name="testVersion" value="7.4-"/>
 
 	<rule ref="WordPress-Core">
 		<exclude name="WordPress.Files.FileName"/>
diff --git a/plugin.php b/plugin.php
index 8de444180..a905b6c3d 100644
--- a/plugin.php
+++ b/plugin.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Plugin URI: https://github.com/WordPress/plugin-check
  * Description: Plugin Check is a WordPress.org tool which provides checks to help plugins meet the directory requirements and follow various best practices.
  * Requires at least: 6.3
- * Requires PHP: 7.2.24
+ * Requires PHP: 7.4
  * Version: 1.2.0
  * Author: WordPress Performance Team and Plugin Review Team
  * License: GPLv2 or later
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 use WordPress\Plugin_Check\Plugin_Main;
 
 define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_VERSION', '1.2.0' );
-define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MINIMUM_PHP', '7.2.24' );
+define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MINIMUM_PHP', '7.4' );
 define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MAIN_FILE', __FILE__ );
 define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_PLUGIN_DIR_PATH', plugin_dir_path( WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MAIN_FILE ) );
 define( 'WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_PLUGIN_DIR_URL', plugin_dir_url( WP_PLUGIN_CHECK_MAIN_FILE ) );