supersedes #3508

We haven't yet deprecated support for PHP 7.1 through so you can't yet mark properties nullable. Otherwise looks good.

Can you also add PHP 8.4 to the test runner?

ok, should PHP 7.1 / 7.2 / 7.3 support be restored or is it going to be deprecated considering it's EOL since 2018/19/20?

I do plan to drop PHP support before version 8.0 at some point, but I wasn't pro-actively doing so just yet. We'll eventually want or need to use features that aren't available in earlier versions, at which point we'll definitely bump the minimum version.

I want to make this part of a minor release since it doesn't impact compatibility with existing installations. I prefer to drop PHP version support in a major release to ensure the requirement change is obvious. I know that's not strictly necessary, but using a major release to bump version requirements helps avoid confusion by end users.

Considering the significant decline in PHP 7 usage the next major release is likely to drop support.

All that to say, can you go ahead and restore support?

ok, done - thanks for the detailed reply!

Nicely done thanks for working on this.

Thank you for this. Do you have plans to make a release which includes this PR any time soon?

Yes, looking to release a new version soon.

Yes, looking to release a new version soon.

Is it possible to integrate this:

#3269

Can I help with something?

@wblessen not with the PHP compatibility update, which I am going to push through this week. But I will look to try and finish up that for release soon as well. Feel free to review the changes and make suggestions if you are able.

Thank you for all your work!

I will try to move the changes in a pull request with the current source this week