Minimal PHP version conflict

[stloyd]

There is a conflict between the version of PHP required:

• defined in the composer.json file minimal version is PHP 8.2,
• CI tests are run on PHP 8.3,
• CI install is run on PHP 8.4,
• and required PHPUnit version is 12.3, which requires PHP 8.3+

[smnandre]

Hey @stloyd ... this was the original intempt.

I've been conviced to lower the requirements but did not have time to do it everywhere
(and am still not 100% sure this is a good idea for now)

I do want to have PHPUnit 12.3 as base for the tests (the lowering is done on the CI script for PHP 8.2)

[stloyd]

Not sure what do you mean 😅

The easiest fix would be to set lower phpunit in composer.json, so when you do lowest version implementation you can test it locally.

But on the other hand 8.2 is not supported anymore, it could be dropped as well 😉

[smnandre]

Indeed, PHP 8.2 is on "Security Fix Only". This project is intended for people building features in PHP applications right now, and I would like to spend my free time on that. (Companies that need it can contribute or sponsor the project)

So I agreed to allow PHP 8.2 for it, but if it becomes a problem, I'm fully prepared to release a 2.0 and bump the minimum required PHP version.

[smnandre]

Install.yml serves as health check for Composer/Packagist to verify the package can be installed. No need to run it on multiple PHP there (in my mind).

Still, thanks for the heads up, I just updated it to PHP 8.5 (current version).