Title: wordpress version and PHP compatibility
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# wordpress version and PHP compatibility

 *  [Alain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alainroger/)
 * (@alainroger)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-and-php-compatibility/)
 * Hi,
 * I would like to know if there is a documentation about compatibility version 
   of wordpress and PHP version ?
    something like:
 * – php 5.4 > can run wordpress 3.4 and newer version
    – php 5.3 > can run older
   wordpress than v 3.4
 * thx

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-and-php-compatibility/#post-3924074)
 * [http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
 *  Thread Starter [Alain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alainroger/)
 * (@alainroger)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-and-php-compatibility/#post-3924268)
 * is it just written:
    PHP version 5.2.4 or greater MySQL version 5.0 or greater
 * so should i consider those requirements as basic ones ?
    and therefore for ALL
   wordpress version only those requirements are needed ? no newest version of WP,
   needs higher requirements ?
 * thx.
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-and-php-compatibility/#post-3924270)
 * >  so should i consider those requirements as basic ones ?
 * You should consider them *the current minimum* requirements. As stated, the current
   version of WordPress requires: PHP version 5.2.4 _or greater_ and MySQL version
   5.0 _or greater_ to run.
 * > and therefore for ALL wordpress version only those requirements are needed ?
 * [All _previous_ versions or WordPress are unsupported](http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/),
   making the requirements almost irrelevant, however; prior minimum requirements
   are also mentioned…
 * _“The requirements have changed as of WordPress 3.2. The minimum requirements
   for WordPress 3.1 are PHP 4.3 and MySQL 4.1.2.”_
 * > no newest version of WP, needs higher requirements ?
 * It’s certainly possible that at some point in the future the requirements might
   change again – as they did with the release of WordPress 3.2 – but WordPress 
   Version 3.5.2 is the current stable version, and I can’t recall any discussions
   regarding any possible changes in the minimum requirements for the upcoming 3.6
   release. My 3.6 beta versions are working fine on the same servers with the 3.5
   versions. Hope that helps in some way!
 * (just an interesting topic-related article) [http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/eol-for-php4-and-mysql4/](http://wordpress.org/news/2010/07/eol-for-php4-and-mysql4/)
 *  [Internetbureau Clearsite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clearsite/)
 * (@clearsite)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-version-and-php-compatibility/#post-3924530)
 * I’d like to point out that the topic starter does not appear to ask what version
   of PHP is the minimum requirement for wordpress, but what wordpress version is
   the minimum requirement for PHP 5.3 and 5.4.
 * If not, then I would like to ask that question
 * Example: minimum requirement for Drupal 5 is PHP 5.0 (or even 4). it will MOST
   DEFINATELY NOT run on php 5.4.
 * so how would we express ourselves to ask for the needed information that is at
   least as important as the minimum requirements…
 * How about this;
 * What are the max compatible versions of PHP for WordPress?
 * I would like to see a list that states something like this;
 * WordPress 3 ~ 3.5 will not run on PHP 5.4
    3.6 ~ 3.9 will not run on PHP 5.5
 * And with that, looking back at the question by the TS, _**is**_ the question 
   asked by the TS
 * thank you all 🙂

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