PHPCS now requires PHP 7.2.0+

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ When in doubt how to proceed with a ticket, feel free to leave a comment with sp
 Please make sure your code conforms to the PHPCS coding standard, is covered by tests and that all the PHP_CodeSniffer
 unit tests still pass.
 
-Also, please make sure your code is compatible with the PHP_CodeSniffer minimum supported PHP version, PHP 5.4.
+Also, please make sure your code is compatible with the PHP_CodeSniffer minimum supported PHP version, PHP 7.2.
 
 To help you with this, a number of convenience scripts are available:
 * `composer check-all` will run the `cs` + `test` checks in one go.

.github/workflows/build-phar.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # Deliberately missing PHP 8.0 as that PHAR is build and used in the test workflow.
-        php: ['5.4', '5.5', '5.6', '7.0', '7.1', '7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', 'nightly']
+        php: ['7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', 'nightly']
 
     name: "Build Phar on PHP: ${{ matrix.php }}"
 

.github/workflows/quicktest.yml

@@ -29,18 +29,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-24.04-arm', 'windows-latest']
-        php: ['7.2', 'latest']
-
-        include:
-          - php: '5.4'
-            os: 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
-            custom_ini: false
-          # Installing on Windows with PHP 5.4 runs into all sorts of problems with Composer.
-          # See this issue for more context (yes, I've seen this problem before):
-          # @link https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/composer-installer/pull/213
-          - php: '5.5'
-            os: 'windows-latest'
-            custom_ini: false
+        php: ['7.2', '8.1', 'latest']
 
     name: "QuickTest: PHP ${{ matrix.php }} (${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'Win' || 'Linux ARM' }})"
 

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -54,22 +54,13 @@ jobs:
       #   code conditions.
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
-        php: ['5.4', '5.5', '5.6', '7.0', '7.1', '7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
+        php: ['7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
         custom_ini: [false]
 
-        exclude:
-          # Installing on Windows with PHP 5.4 runs into all sorts of problems (which are not ours).
-          - php: '5.4'
-            os: 'windows-latest'
-
         include:
           # Skip test runs on builds which are also run in the coverage job.
-          # Note: the tests on PHP 7.2 will still be run as the coverage build uses custom_ini settings for that version.
-          - php: '5.4'
-            os: 'ubuntu-latest'
-            skip_tests: true
-          - php: '5.5'
-            os: 'windows-latest'
+          # Note: the tests on PHP 8.1 will still be run as the coverage build uses custom_ini settings for that version.
+          - php: '7.2'
             skip_tests: true
           - php: '8.4'
             skip_tests: true
@@ -86,10 +77,10 @@ jobs:
             libxml_minor: '2.13'
 
           # Extra builds running only the unit tests with different PHP ini settings.
-          - php: '5.5'
+          - php: '7.4'
             os: 'ubuntu-latest'
             custom_ini: true
-          - php: '7.0'
+          - php: '8.3'
             os: 'ubuntu-latest'
             custom_ini: true
           - php: '8.0'
@@ -181,9 +172,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # Set the "short_open_tag" ini to make sure specific conditions are tested.
           # Also turn on error_reporting to ensure all notices are shown.
-          if [[ ${{ matrix.custom_ini }} == true && "${{ matrix.php }}" == '5.5' ]]; then
-            echo 'PHP_INI=error_reporting=-1, display_errors=On, date.timezone=Australia/Sydney, short_open_tag=On, asp_tags=On' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          elif [[ ${{ matrix.custom_ini }} == true && "${{ matrix.php }}" != '5.5' ]]; then
+          if [[ ${{ matrix.custom_ini }} == true ]]; then
             echo 'PHP_INI=error_reporting=-1, display_errors=On, date.timezone=Australia/Sydney, short_open_tag=On' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
             echo 'PHP_INI=error_reporting=-1, display_errors=On' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -268,23 +257,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
-        php: ['8.4']
+        php: ['7.2', '8.4']
         custom_ini: [false]
 
         include:
-          - php: '5.4'
-            os: 'ubuntu-latest'
-            custom_ini: false
-          # Installing on Windows with PHP 5.4 runs into all sorts of problems with Composer.
-          # Considering PHP 5.4 is ancient, I deem it acceptable to run coverage on Windows on PHP 5.5.
-          # See this issue for more context (yes, I've seen this problem before):
-          # @link https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/composer-installer/pull/213
-          - php: '5.5'
-            os: 'windows-latest'
-            custom_ini: false
-
           # Also run one coverage build with custom ini settings.
-          - php: '7.2'
+          - php: '8.1'
             os: 'ubuntu-latest'
             custom_ini: true
 

README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer)](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt)
 
 ![Minimum PHP Version](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dependency-v/squizlabs/php_codesniffer/php.svg)
-[![Tested on PHP 5.4 to 8.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/tested%20on-PHP%205.4%20|%205.5%20|%205.6%20|%207.0%20|%207.1%20|%207.2%20|%207.3%20|%207.4%20|%208.0%20|%208.1%20|%208.2%20|%208.3%20|%208.4-brightgreen.svg?maxAge=2419200)][GHA-test]
+[![Tested on PHP 7.2 to 8.4](https://img.shields.io/badge/tested%20on-PHP%207.2%20|%207.3%20|%207.4%20|%208.0%20|%208.1%20|%208.2%20|%208.3%20|%208.4-brightgreen.svg?maxAge=2419200)][GHA-test]
 
 [GHA-test]: https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/actions/workflows/test.yml
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PHP_CodeSniffer is a set of two PHP scripts; the main `phpcs` script that tokeni
 
 ## Requirements
 
-PHP_CodeSniffer requires PHP version 5.4.0 or greater, although individual sniffs may have additional requirements such as external applications and scripts. See the [Configuration Options manual page](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Configuration-Options) for a list of these requirements.
+PHP_CodeSniffer requires PHP version 7.2.0 or greater, although individual sniffs may have additional requirements such as external applications and scripts. See the [Configuration Options manual page](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Configuration-Options) for a list of these requirements.
 
 If you're using PHP_CodeSniffer as part of a team, or you're running it on a [CI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration) server, you may want to configure your project's settings [using a configuration file](https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Advanced-Usage#using-a-default-configuration-file).
 

composer.json

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "security": "https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer/security/policy"
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.4.0",
+        "php": ">=7.2.0",
         "ext-simplexml": "*",
         "ext-tokenizer": "*",
         "ext-xmlwriter": "*"

phpstan.neon.dist

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 parameters:
-    phpVersion: 70100 # Should be 50400, but PHPStan only accepts 70100 or higher...
+    phpVersion:
+        min: 70200
+        max: 80499
     level: 0
     paths:
         - src