Drop support for PHP <8.3

Author: jeromegamez

.github/workflows/static-analysis.yml

@@ -31,13 +31,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         php:
-          - "8.1"
-          - "8.2"
           - "8.3"
           - "8.4"
-        include:
-          - php: "8.5"
-            composer-options: "--ignore-platform-reqs"
+          - "8.5"
 
     env:
       extensions: ctype, dom, grpc, json, mbstring, openssl, xml, zip, zlib

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -31,17 +31,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         php:
-          - "8.1"
-          - "8.2"
           - "8.3"
           - "8.4"
+          - "8.5"
         dependencies:
           - "lowest"
           - "highest"
-        include:
-          - php: "8.5"
-            composer-options: "--ignore-platform-reqs"
-            dependencies: "highest"
 
     env:
       extensions: ctype, dom, grpc, json, mbstring, openssl, xml, zip, zlib

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ If it saves you or your team time, please consider [sponsoring its development](
 
 ### Breaking changes
 
+* The SDK supports only actively supported PHP versions. As a result, support for PHP < 8.3 has been dropped;
+  supported versions are 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5. 
 * [Firebase Dynamic Links was shut down on August 25th, 2025](https://firebase.google.com/support/dynamic-links-faq)
   and has been removed from the SDK.
 * Deprecated classes, methods and class constants have been removed.

UPGRADE-8.0.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from 7.x to 8.0.
 
 ## Notable changes
 
+* The SDK supports only actively supported PHP versions. As a result, support for PHP < 8.3 has been dropped;
+  supported versions are 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5.
 * [Firebase Dynamic Links was shut down on August 25th, 2025](https://firebase.google.com/support/dynamic-links-faq)
   and has been removed from the SDK.
 

composer.json

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0",
+        "php": "~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
         "ext-filter": "*",
         "ext-json": "*",