Title: PHP version requirement
Last modified: June 6, 2017

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# PHP version requirement

 *  Resolved [Paul de Wouters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauldewouters/)
 * (@pauldewouters)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-requirement/)
 * Why is there a hard requirement for PHP 5.4? The code seems to be compatible 
   with 5.3
 * thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Blobfolio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blobfolio/)
 * (@blobfolio)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-version-requirement/#post-9201919)
 * Hi Paul,
 * Thanks for checking!
 * The main reason for the requirement isn’t necessarily what’s there now, but what
   might be there later. I think you’re right, the plugin would currently work with
   PHP 5.3, but that probably won’t always be the case. Since there is no safe way
   to handle requirement bumps from release-to-release, it was important to establish
   a reasonable baseline from the outset.

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