Problem/Motivation

  • In Drupal 9.3.X and earlier, the quick-start command shows an error if the site owner attempts to install on a PHP version that is too old.
  • In #2917655: [9.4.x only] Drop official PHP 7.3 support in Drupal 9.4, we are proposing a change to see behavior of \Drupal::MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_PHP to display a warning rather than an error on installation. With the patch in that issue, quick-start no longer displays any message at all on an old PHP version.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Use a version of PHP 7.3 locally.
  2. Use a version of HEAD without #2917655: [9.4.x only] Drop official PHP 7.3 support in Drupal 9.4.
  3. Run php core/scripts/drupal quick-start standard from within the core directory.
  4. See the following message:
      PHP: 7.3.33                                                                                    
                                                                                                 
  Your PHP installation is too old. Drupal requires at least PHP <em class="placeholder">7.4.0</em>. It is recommended to upgrade to PHP version <em class="placeholder">8.0</em> or higher for the best ongoing support. See <a href="http://php.net/supported-versions.php">PHP's version support documentation</a> and the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/docs/9/how-drupal-9-is-made-and-what-is-included/environment-requirements-of-drupal-9#s-php-version-requirement">Environment requirements of Drupal 9</a> page for more information.
  5. Switch to a version of HEAD with #2917655: [9.4.x only] Drop official PHP 7.3 support in Drupal 9.4.
  6. Rerun php core/scripts/drupal quick-start standard from within the core directory. No warning is displayed.

Proposed resolution

Show the warning (and possibly other installation warnings) when the quick-start command is run.

Remaining tasks

TBD

User interface changes

N/A unless the user interface is the CLI. :P

API changes

TBD

Data model changes

None.

Release notes snippet

Probably not needed; this is a developer tool.

Comments

xjm created an issue. See original summary.

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Parent issue: #2917655: [9.4.x only] Drop official PHP 7.3 support in Drupal 9.4 »
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Related issues: +#3265412: QuickStartTestBase is incompatible with the current implementation of MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_PHP

This issue may needs to address QuickStartBase as well as QuickStartTest; see #3265412: QuickStartTestBase is incompatible with the current implementation of MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_PHP and #3265325: Raise a warning instead of an error when installing on MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_PHP.

Version: 9.4.x-dev » 9.5.x-dev

Drupal 9.4.0-alpha1 was released on May 6, 2022, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted for the 9.5.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal core minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal core release cycle.

Version: 9.5.x-dev » 10.1.x-dev

Drupal 9.5.0-beta2 and Drupal 10.0.0-beta2 were released on September 29, 2022, which means new developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted for the 10.1.x-dev branch. For more information see the Drupal core minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal core release cycle.

Version: 10.1.x-dev » 11.x-dev

Drupal core is moving towards using a “main” branch. As an interim step, a new 11.x branch has been opened, as Drupal.org infrastructure cannot currently fully support a branch named main. New developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted for the 11.x branch, which currently accepts only minor-version allowed changes. For more information, see the Drupal core minor version schedule and the Allowed changes during the Drupal core release cycle.

Version: 11.x-dev » main

Drupal core is now using the main branch as the primary development branch. New developments and disruptive changes should now be targeted to the main branch.

Read more in the announcement.