Merge pull request #3160 from PHPOffice/Version_PHP74_Minimum

Drop support for PHP 7.3

Author: MarkBaker

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ jobs:
         experimental:
           - false
         php-version:
-          - '7.3'
           - '7.4'
           - '8.0'
           - '8.1'
+          - '8.2'
 
         include:
-          - php-version: '8.2'
+          - php-version: 'nightly'
             experimental: true
 
     name: PHP ${{ matrix.php-version }}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Delete composer lock file
         id: composer-lock
-        if: ${{ matrix.php-version == '8.1' || matrix.php-version == '8.2' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.php-version == '8.1' || matrix.php-version == '8.2' || matrix.php-version == 'nightly' }}
         run: |
           rm composer.lock
           echo "::set-output name=flags::--ignore-platform-reqs"
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
         run: composer install --no-progress --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader
 
       - name: Code Version Compatibility check with PHP_CodeSniffer
-        run: ./vendor/bin/phpcs -q --report-width=200 --report=summary,full src/ --standard=PHPCompatibility --runtime-set testVersion 7.3-
+        run: ./vendor/bin/phpcs -q --report-width=200 --report=summary,full src/ --standard=PHPCompatibility --runtime-set testVersion 7.4-
 
   phpstan:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ allow you to read and write various spreadsheet file formats such as Excel and L
 LTS: Support for PHP versions will only be maintained for a period of six months beyond the
 [end of life of that PHP version](https://www.php.net/eol.php).
 
-Currently the required PHP minimum version is PHP __7.3__.
+Currently the required PHP minimum version is PHP __7.4__.
 
 See the `composer.json` for other requirements.
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you are building your installation on a development machine that is on a diff
     },
     "config": {
         "platform": {
-            "php": "7.3"
+            "php": "7.4"
         }
     }
 }

composer.json

@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
             "php-cs-fixer fix --ansi"
         ],
         "versions": [
-            "phpcs --report-width=200 samples/ src/ tests/ --ignore=samples/Header.php --standard=PHPCompatibility --runtime-set testVersion 7.3- -n"
+            "phpcs --report-width=200 samples/ src/ tests/ --ignore=samples/Header.php --standard=PHPCompatibility --runtime-set testVersion 7.4- -n"
         ]
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.3 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
         "ext-dom": "*",
         "ext-fileinfo": "*",

docs/index.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ allow you to read and write various spreadsheet file formats such as Excel and L
 
 ## Software requirements
 
-PHP version 7.3 or newer to develop using PhpSpreadsheet. Other requirements, such as PHP extensions, are enforced by
+PHP version 7.4 or newer to develop using PhpSpreadsheet. Other requirements, such as PHP extensions, are enforced by
 composer. See the `require` section of [the composer.json file](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/master/composer.json)
 for details.
 
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ for details.
 LTS: Support for PHP versions will only be maintained for a period of six months beyond the
 [end of life of that PHP version](https://www.php.net/eol.php).
 
-Currently the required PHP minimum version is PHP 7.3. The last PHP release was 7.3.33 on 6th December 2021, so PhpSpreadsheet will support PHP 7.3 until 6th June 2022.
-PHP 7.4 is officially [End of Life](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php) on 28th November 2022, and PhpSpreadsheet will continue to support PHP 7.4 for six months after that date.
+Currently the required PHP minimum version is PHP 7.4. The last PHP release was 7.4.32 on 29th September 2022, and security support ends on 28th November 2022, so PhpSpreadsheet will support PHP 7.4 until 28th May 2023.
+PHP 8.0 is officially [End of Life](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php) on 26th November 2023, and PhpSpreadsheet will continue to support PHP 8.0 for six months after that date.
 
 See the `composer.json` for other requirements.
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ If you are building your installation on a development machine that is on a diff
     },
     "config": {
         "platform": {
-            "php": "7.3"
+            "php": "7.4"
         }
     }
 }

samples/index.php

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require_once 'Header.php';
 
 $requirements = [
-    'PHP 7.3.0' => version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.3.0', '>='),
+    'PHP 7.4.0' => version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.4.0', '>='),
     'PHP extension XML' => extension_loaded('xml'),
     'PHP extension xmlwriter' => extension_loaded('xmlwriter'),
     'PHP extension mbstring' => extension_loaded('mbstring'),