# PHP Compatibility at Community Summit Date: 2023 August 23 Wednesday 9:30 am Attendees: Tags: --- # Goals / agenda 1. # Discussion notes - Proposal on Make describes criteria for removing support for older PHP - Hosting perspective - how can hosting companies help WP core be compatibile - Unit tests - Metrics - Clarifying question - is core 6.3 compatibile with PHP 8, can we remove beta label - a few edge cases - Tonya‘s proposal PHP 8 and 8.1 are compatible with exceptions - PHP compatibility keyword & version keyword - PHP 9 - are we tracking it? - WPCS needs support - Test runner - Core and hosting teams need to improve communication - Overview of the test runner project - https://make.wordpress.org/hosting/test-results/#:~:text=contribute%20automated%20test%20results - 16% up to 7.4 according to .org stats - # Action items - [ ] Meeting Notes Distributed to the Team - [ ] Tasks & Projects Completed, Processed or Delegated - [ ] Key Dates Completed or Scheduled