require PHP 7.2

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - php: '5.6'
+          - php: '7.2'
             wordpress: '4.7'
           - php: '7.4'
             wordpress: '5.9'

composer.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "statistics"
   ],
   "require": {
-    "php": "^5.3|^7|^8",
+    "php": "^7.2|^8",
     "npm-asset/chartist": "^1.3.0",
     "npm-asset/chartist-plugin-tooltips-updated": "^1.0.0",
     "jaybizzle/crawler-detect": "^1.2"
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     "dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer": "^v1.0.0",
     "matthiasmullie/minify": "^1.3",
     "slowprog/composer-copy-file": "^0.3",
-    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.8",
+    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.9",
     "phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-wp": "^2.1",
     "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "^3.0",
-    "phpunit/phpunit": "^5|^7|^9",
+    "phpunit/phpunit": "^8|^9",
     "yoast/phpunit-polyfills": "^2.0"
   },
   "repositories": [

phpcs.xml

@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
     </rule>
 
     <!-- Include sniffs for PHP cross-version compatibility. -->
-    <config name="testVersion" value="5.3-"/>
+    <config name="testVersion" value="7.2-"/>
     <rule ref="PHPCompatibilityWP"/>
 </ruleset>

readme.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * Tags:              analytics, dashboard, pageviews, privacy, statistics, stats, visits, web stats, widget
 * Requires at least: 4.7
 * Tested up to:      6.3
-* Requires PHP:      5.3
+* Requires PHP:      7.2
 * Stable tag:        1.8.4
 * License:           GPLv3 or later
 * License URI:       https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

tests/bootstrap.php

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  * @package Statify
  */
 
+// Include polyfills autoloader.
+if ( false === class_exists( '\Yoast\PHPUnitPolyfills\Autoload' ) ) {
+	require_once 'vendor/yoast/phpunit-polyfills/phpunitpolyfills-autoload.php';
+}
+
 $_tests_dir = getenv( 'WP_TESTS_DIR' );
 
 if ( ! $_tests_dir ) {