Merge pull request #252 from WordPress/increase-minimum-php

Increase the minimum required version of PHP and clarify other minimums

Author: kittenkamala

README.md

@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ To use the Runner, the following is required (testing WordPress 6.5):
 
 - Server / hosting (infrastructure) with the usual configuration you use
 - A database where you can test (tables will be created and destroyed several times)
-- PHP 7.0+ (view )
-- MySQL 5.5+ / MariaDB 10.0+
+- PHP 7.2+
+- MySQL 5.5.5+ / MariaDB 5.5.5+
 - NodeJS 20.x / npm 10.x / grunt
 - PHP Composer
 - Git, RSync, WGet, UnZip
@@ -393,4 +393,4 @@ If you have questions about the process or run into test failures along the way,
 
 ## License
 
-See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for project license.
+See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for project license.

prepare.php

@@ -304,13 +304,13 @@ function curl_selected_bits(\$k) { return in_array(\$k, array('version', 'ssl_ve
 log_message( 'Environment PHP Version: ' . $env_php_version );
 
 /**
- * Checks if the detected PHP version is below 7.0.
- * The test runner requires PHP version 7.0 or above, and if the environment's PHP version
+ * Checks if the detected PHP version is below 7.2.
+ * The test runner requires PHP version 7.2 or above, and if the environment's PHP version
  * is lower, it logs an error message and could terminate the script.
  */
-if ( version_compare( $env_php_version, '7.0', '<' ) ) {
-	// Logs an error message indicating the test runner's incompatibility with PHP versions below 7.0.
-	error_message( 'The test runner is not compatible with PHP < 7.0.' );
+if ( version_compare( $env_php_version, '7.2', '<' ) ) {
+	// Logs an error message indicating the test runner's incompatibility with PHP versions below 7.2.
+	error_message( 'The test runner is not compatible with PHP < 7.2.' );
 }
 
 /**