Bump minimum PHP support to 7.4

.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'

.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'

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**: The minimum required version right now is 7.4.
 
 ## Guidelines
 

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": {

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."
   }
-}
+}

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"/>

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"/>

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 ) );