PHP minimum requirement not updated

  • Resolved livinglabiupui

    (@livinglabiupui)


    6 years, 9 months ago

    One of my sites is running on PHP 5.4, and I got a nasty surprise while updating plugins. BackWPup, in the changelog, now requires PHP 5.5+, but this change isn’t reflected on the main plugin description, and the compatibility list still says the minimum PHP version required is 5.3.3+.

    The effect of running version 3.6.10 on a PHP 5.4 server (WordPress 5.1.1) is a site-wide HTTP 500 error, and the error log fills with
    “[UTC timestamp] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘$value’ (T_VARIABLE) in /home/****/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/vendor/aws/aws-sdk-php/src/functions.php on line 36”
    and requires FTP/Cpanel access to rename the plugin folder to stop the errors and disable BackWPup.

    Just a heads up while I continue testing older plugins reactions to PHP 7.0+.

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