Drop compatibility with PHP 5.6, 7.0 and 7.1

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Lint against the highest/lowest supported versions of each PHP major.
         # And also do a run against "nightly" (the current dev version of PHP).
-        php_version: ['5.6', '7.0', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2']
+        php_version: ['7.2', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2']
 
     name: "Lint: PHP ${{ matrix.php_version }}"
 

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php_version: ['5.6', '7.0', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2']
+        php_version: ['7.2', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2']
 
     name: "Unit Test: PHP ${{ matrix.php_version }}"
 
@@ -39,23 +39,21 @@ jobs:
           ini-values: zend.assertions=1, error_reporting=-1, display_errors=On
           coverage: none
 
+      # The PHP platform requirement would prevent updating the test utilities to the appropriate versions.
+      # As long as the `composer update` is run selectively to only update the test utils, removing this is fine.
+      - name: "Composer: remove the PHP platform requirement"
+        run: composer config --unset platform.php
+
       # Install dependencies and handle caching in one go.
+      # - Updates the test utilities to the most appropriate version for the PHP version on which the tests will be run.
       # @link https://github.com/marketplace/actions/install-composer-dependencies
-      - name: Install Composer dependencies (PHP < 7.3)
-        if: ${{ matrix.php_version < '7.3' }}
-        uses: ramsey/composer-install@v2
-        with:
-          # Bust the cache at least once a month - output format: YYYY-MM.
-          custom-cache-suffix: $(date -u "+%Y-%m")
-
-      - name: Install Composer dependencies (PHP 7.3+)
-        if: ${{ matrix.php_version >= '7.3' }}
+      - name: Install Composer dependencies
         uses: ramsey/composer-install@v2
         with:
           # Force a `composer update` run.
           dependency-versions: "highest"
           # But make it selective.
-          composer-options: "yoast/wp-test-utils --with-dependencies --ignore-platform-req=php"
+          composer-options: "yoast/wp-test-utils --with-dependencies"
           # Bust the cache at least once a month - output format: YYYY-MM.
           custom-cache-suffix: $(date -u "+%Y-%m")
 

composer.json

@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
   "minimum-stability": "dev",
   "prefer-stable": true,
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=5.6",
+    "php": "^7.2.5 || ^8.0",
     "composer/installers": "^1.12.0"
   },
   "require-dev": {
-    "yoast/yoastcs": "^2.3.0",
+    "yoast/yoastcs": "^2.3.1",
     "yoast/wp-test-utils": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "autoload": {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
   },
   "config": {
     "platform": {
-      "php": "5.6.40"
+      "php": "7.2.5"
     },
     "allow-plugins": {
       "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": true,