Merge pull request #118 from laravel/drop-php72

Drop support for PHP 7.2

Author: taylorotwell

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        php: [7.2, 7.3, 7.4]
+        php: [7.3, 7.4]
 
     name: PHP ${{ matrix.php }}
 

src/NewCommand.php

@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ protected function configure()
      */
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
+        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.3.0', '<')) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('The Laravel installer requires PHP 7.3.0 or greater. Please use "composer create-project laravel/laravel" instead.');
+        }
+
         if (! extension_loaded('zip')) {
             throw new RuntimeException('The Zip PHP extension is not installed. Please install it and try again.');
         }