Drop PHP 7.0 - 7.3

See xp-framework/rfc#343 (comment)

Author: thekid

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        php-versions: ['7.0', '7.1', '7.2', '7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
+        php-versions: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
 
     steps:

ChangeLog.md

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ XP Framework Core ChangeLog
 
 ## ?.?.? / ????-??-??
 
+## 12.0.0 / ????-??-??
+
+### RFCs
+
+* Implemented xp-framework/rfc#343, part 1: Drop support for all but the
+  latest PHP 7 release. The minimum required PHP version is now **7.4**!
+  (@thekid)
+
 ## 11.9.0 / 2024-03-16
 
 ### Features

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ XP Framework Core
 [![Build status on GitHub](https://github.com/xp-framework/core/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/xp-framework/core/actions)
 [![Build status on AppVeyor](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/bb9gkkq1o7f6m2ns?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/thekid/core)
 [![BSD License](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/licence-bsd.png)](https://github.com/xp-framework/core/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
-[![Requires PHP 7.0+](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/php-7_0plus.svg)](http://php.net/)
+[![Requires PHP 7.4+](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/php-7_4plus.svg)](http://php.net/)
 [![Supports PHP 8.0+](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xp-framework/web/master/static/php-8_0plus.svg)](http://php.net/)
 [![Latest Stable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/xp-framework/core/version.png)](https://packagist.org/packages/xp-framework/core)
 

composer.json

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   "description" : "The XP framework is an all-purpose, object oriented PHP framework.",
   "keywords": ["framework", "xp"],
   "require" : {
-    "php" : ">=7.0.0"
+    "php" : ">=7.4.0"
   },
   "suggest" : {
-    "php" : ">=8.0.0"
+    "php" : ">=8.2.0"
   },
   "autoload" : {
     "files" : ["src/main/php/__xp.php", "src/main/resources/autoload.php"]