[TASK] Drop support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 (#581)

Also sync the test matrices of the `predefined` CI jobs with those
from the Composer-script-driven CI jobs.

This change does not add any 7.4-only PHP language features.

Fixes #577

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         php-version:
-          - "7.2"
-          - "7.3"
           - "7.4"
           - "8.0"
           - "8.1"
@@ -144,18 +142,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.2"
-            composer-dependencies: highest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.2"
-            composer-dependencies: lowest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.3"
-            composer-dependencies: highest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.3"
-            composer-dependencies: lowest
           - typo3-version: "^10.4"
             php-version: "7.4"
             composer-dependencies: highest
@@ -227,9 +213,6 @@ jobs:
           composer show
       - name: "Start MySQL"
         run: "sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"
-      # This workaround for MySQL 8 can be removed once we drop support for PHP 7.2/7.3.
-      - name: "Configure the MySQL user to work with PHP 7.2/7.3"
-        run: mysql -u root --password=root -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root'"
       - name: "Run functional tests"
         run: |
           export typo3DatabaseName="$DB_DATABASE";
@@ -241,18 +224,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.2"
-            composer-dependencies: highest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.2"
-            composer-dependencies: lowest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.3"
-            composer-dependencies: highest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.3"
-            composer-dependencies: lowest
           - typo3-version: "^10.4"
             php-version: "7.4"
             composer-dependencies: highest

.github/workflows/codecoverage.yml

@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ jobs:
           composer show
       - name: "Start MySQL"
         run: "sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"
-      # This workaround for MySQL 8 can be removed once we drop support for PHP 7.2/7.3.
-      - name: "Configure the MySQL user to work with PHP 7.2/7.3"
-        run: mysql -u root --password=root -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root'"
       - name: "Run unit tests with coverage"
         run: composer ci:coverage:unit
       - name: "Run functional tests with coverage"

.github/workflows/predefined.yml

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         php-version:
-          - "7.2"
-          - "7.3"
           - "7.4"
+          - "8.0"
+          - "8.1"
   typoscript-lint:
     name: "TypoScript linter"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -190,16 +190,31 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        composer-dependencies:
+        include:
-          - highest
+          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-          - lowest
+            php-version: "7.4"
-        php-version:
+            composer-dependencies: highest
-          - "7.2"
+          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-          - "7.3"
+            php-version: "7.4"
-          - "7.4"
+            composer-dependencies: lowest
-        typo3-version:
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
-          - "^9.5"
+            php-version: "7.4"
-          - "^10.4"
+            composer-dependencies: highest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "7.4"
+            composer-dependencies: lowest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.0"
+            composer-dependencies: highest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.0"
+            composer-dependencies: lowest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.1"
+            composer-dependencies: highest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.1"
+            composer-dependencies: lowest
   functional-tests:
     name: "Functional tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -245,9 +260,6 @@ jobs:
           composer show
       - name: "Start MySQL"
         run: "sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"
-      # This workaround for MySQL 8 can be removed once we drop support for PHP 7.2/7.3.
-      - name: "Configure the MySQL user to work with PHP 7.2/7.3"
-        run: mysql -u root --password=root -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root'"
       - name: "Run functional tests"
         run: |
           export typo3DatabaseName="$DB_DATABASE";
@@ -259,21 +271,27 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.2"
-            composer-dependencies: highest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.2"
-            composer-dependencies: lowest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.3"
-            composer-dependencies: highest
-          - typo3-version: "^10.4"
-            php-version: "7.3"
-            composer-dependencies: lowest
           - typo3-version: "^10.4"
             php-version: "7.4"
             composer-dependencies: highest
           - typo3-version: "^10.4"
             php-version: "7.4"
             composer-dependencies: lowest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "7.4"
+            composer-dependencies: highest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "7.4"
+            composer-dependencies: lowest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.0"
+            composer-dependencies: highest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.0"
+            composer-dependencies: lowest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.1"
+            composer-dependencies: highest
+          - typo3-version: "^11.5"
+            php-version: "8.1"
+            composer-dependencies: lowest

.gitlab/pipeline/.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -12,21 +12,15 @@ include:
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/.variables.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/build-composer-dependencies.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/composer-normalize.yml'
-  - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v10.yml'
-  - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v10.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.4-v10.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/javascript-lint.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/json-lint.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-copypaste-check.yml'
-  - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-lint-php7.2.yml'
-  - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-lint-php7.3.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-lint-php7.4.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-lint-php8.0.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-lint-php8.1.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/phpcs.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/ts-lint.yml'
-  - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/unit-php7.2-v10.yml'
-  - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/unit-php7.3-v10.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/unit-php7.4-v10.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/xliff-lint.yml'
   - '/.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/yaml-lint.yml'

.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.2-v10.yml

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-func-php7.2-v10:
-  extends: .default
-  image: php:7.2
-  services:
-    - mariadb:10
-  stage: test
-  needs:
-    - php-lint-php7.2
-  script:
-    - composer require --prefer-dist --no-progress typo3/cms-core:"^10.4"
-    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional

.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/func-php7.3-v10.yml

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-func-php7.3-v10:
-  extends: .default
-  image: php:7.3
-  services:
-    - mariadb:10
-  stage: test
-  needs:
-    - build-composer-dependencies
-    - php-lint-php7.3
-  script:
-    - composer require --no-progress typo3/cms-core:"^10.4"
-    - wait-for-it mariadb:3306 -t 60 --strict -- composer ci:tests:functional

.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-copypaste-check.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ php-copypaste-check:
   stage: codestyle
   needs:
     - build-composer-dependencies
-    - php-lint-php7.2
-    - php-lint-php7.3
     - php-lint-php7.4
   script:
     - composer ci:php:copypaste

.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-lint-php7.2.yml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-php-lint-php7.2:
-  extends: .default
-  image: php:7.2
-  stage: lint
-  needs: [ ]
-  script:
-    - composer ci:php:lint

.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/php-lint-php7.3.yml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-php-lint-php7.3:
-  extends: .default
-  image: php:7.3
-  stage: lint
-  needs: [ ]
-  script:
-    - composer ci:php:lint

.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/unit-php7.2-v10.yml

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-unit-php7.2-v10:
-  extends: .default
-  image: php:7.2
-  stage: test
-  needs:
-    - php-lint-php7.2
-  script:
-    - composer require --prefer-dist --no-progress typo3/cms-core:"^10.4"
-    - composer ci:tests:unit

.gitlab/pipeline/jobs/unit-php7.3-v10.yml

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-unit-php7.3-v10:
-  extends: .default
-  image: php:7.3
-  stage: test
-  needs:
-    - build-composer-dependencies
-    - php-lint-php7.3
-  script:
-    - composer require --no-progress typo3/cms-core:"^10.4"
-    - composer ci:tests:unit

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
+- Drop support for PHP 7.2 and 7.3 (#581)
 
 ### Fixed
 

composer.json

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		"docs": "https://docs.typo3.org/p/ttn/tea/main/en-us/"
 	},
 	"require": {
-		"php": "~7.2.0 || ~7.3.0 || ~7.4.0 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0",
+		"php": "~7.4.0 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0",
 		"typo3/cms-core": "^10.4.11 || ^11.5.2",
 		"typo3/cms-extbase": "^10.4.11 || ^11.5.2",
 		"typo3/cms-fluid": "^10.4.11 || ^11.5.2",

ext_emconf.php

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $EM_CONF[$_EXTKEY] = [
     'category' => 'example',
     'constraints' => [
         'depends' => [
-            'php' => '7.2.0-8.1.99',
+            'php' => '7.4.0-8.1.99',
             'typo3' => '10.4.11-11.5.99',
             'extbase' => '10.4.11-11.5.99',
             'fluid' => '10.4.11-11.5.99',