Fix: Drop support for PHP 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3

.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         php-version:
-          - "7.1"
+          - "7.4"
 
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout code"

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ jobs:
         operating-system:
           - "ubuntu-latest"
         php-version:
-          - "7.1"
-          - "7.2"
-          - "7.3"
           - "7.4"
           - "8.0"
           - "8.1"

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/compare/v1.20.0...main)
 
+- Dropped support for PHP 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 (#543)
+
 ## [2022-07-20, v1.20.0](https://github.com/FakerPHP/Faker/compare/v1.19.0..v1.20.0)
 
 - Fixed typo in French phone number (#452)

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ It's heavily inspired by Perl's [Data::Faker](https://metacpan.org/pod/Data::Fak
 
 ### Installation
 
-Faker requires PHP >= 7.1.
+Faker requires PHP >= 7.4.
 
 ```shell
 composer require fakerphp/faker

composer.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.1 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
         "psr/container": "^1.0 || ^2.0",
         "symfony/deprecation-contracts": "^2.2 || ^3.0"
     },
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@
             "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": true,
             "composer/package-versions-deprecated": true
         },
-        "sort-packages": true
+        "sort-packages": true,
+        "platform": {
+            "php": "7.4.32"
+        }
     },
     "extra": {
         "branch-alias": {

vendor-bin/php-cs-fixer/composer.json

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.1 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3.3.0"
     },
     "config": {
         "platform": {
-            "php": "7.1.33"
+            "php": "7.4.32"
         },
         "preferred-install": "dist",
         "sort-packages": true

vendor-bin/phpstan/composer.json

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.1 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
         "phpstan/extension-installer": "^1.1.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^0.12.100",
         "phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules": "^0.12.6"
     },
     "config": {
         "platform": {
-            "php": "7.1.33"
+            "php": "7.4.32"
         },
         "preferred-install": "dist",
         "sort-packages": true,

vendor-bin/psalm/composer.json

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.1 || ^8.0",
+        "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
         "vimeo/psalm": "^4.30.0"
     },
     "config": {
         "platform": {
-            "php": "7.1.33"
+            "php": "7.4.32"
         },
         "preferred-install": "dist",
         "sort-packages": true,