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PHP 5.4 is restrictive

  • Jon Chapman

    (@butch-spanglewanger)



    3 years, 5 months ago

    This is not much use when developing WordPress sites for customers with their own hosting as they rarely have the latest PHP version or the ability to update it. The code may be beautiful, but not supporting PHP versions commonly available in shared hosting environments is a cop out.

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  • Plugin Author Niall Kennedy

    (@niallkennedy)

    3 years, 4 months ago

    The PHP version requirement is clearly stated in the plugin’s short description and readme. Activating the plugin in a hosting environment without the minimum specified PHP version should result in the plugin’s deactivation and display of a dialog mentioning the incompatibility.
    https://make.wordpress.org/plugins/2015/06/05/policy-on-php-versions/

    Additional functionality may not be available based on the server configuration of the installing site. Twitter’s oEmbed API requires communication over HTTPS, a request which some servers are not capable of completing. Embedded Tweet and Embedded Tweet video functionality is disabled when WordPress HTTP APIs report the server is not capable of making a HTTPS request.

    wmconlon

    (@wmconlon)

    2 years, 8 months ago

    Previous versions ran on my CentOS distribution, but the current one doesn’t.

    What Niall states is correct: the version requirement is clearly stated and the plug-in does not activate, and also alerts the administrator in the WP dashboard.

    What Butch states is correct: not supporting earlier PHP versions is a cop-out.

    Larger truth: the installed base matters.

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