When do we drop PHP 8.0 support?

Well all I can say is my hosting provider has a html DropDown for selecting the PHP version I'am using PHP 8.2

The Community needs to stay updated with the PHP versions for Security reasons.

I'm all for dropping PHP versions at there end of life!

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while we are thinking whether to abandon 7.4 and 8.0, version 8.1 will be removed from support =)

What do you mean? 8.1 will be supported until Nov 24, 2024 - https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Only security fix.
Active support, that is, fixing bugs and errors until Nov 25, 2023.

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Well all I can say is my hosting provider has a html DropDown for selecting the PHP version I'am using PHP 8.2

The Community needs to stay updated with the PHP versions for Security reasons.

I'm all for dropping PHP versions at there end of life!

The core team is still silent.

while we are thinking whether to abandon 7.4 and 8.0, version 8.1 will be removed from support =)

What do you mean? 8.1 will be supported until Nov 24, 2024 - https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Only security fix.
Active support, that is, fixing bugs and errors until Nov 25, 2023.

But it can't be efficient dropping versions that are off active support - security support must be ok to support by the framework.

I would like to drop PHP 8.0 in v4.5.0.
What do you think?

We don't know when v4.5.0 is released, but it is sure that v4.5.0 will be released after PHP 8.3 is released.

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I would like to drop PHP 8.0 in v4.5.0.
What do you think?

We don't know when v4.5.0 is released, but it is sure that v4.5.0 will be released after PHP 8.3 is released.

I you see how the framework can benefit from features added in 8.1 I'd be fine with that. (Only 8.1 specific feature I am currently using are enums which I find great).
If not, why remove support?

1. PHP 8.0 will be reached EOL when v4.5.0 is released. It is not recommended to use unmaintained PHP.
   
2. If we don't drop PHP 8.0, the framework code cannot use PHP 8.1 feature at all. It is an obstacle to the framework maintenance. Also, if we support PHP 8.1 or later, we can upgrade PHPUnit to 10.
   
3. There seem to be relatively few PHP 8.0 users.
   

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I sent a Pull Request: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/pull/8042

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