Simplify PHP version constraint

[fadrian06]

Reading the composer documentation and testing it with some tools, it turns out that the operator >= 7.4 It would be a simplified way to the PHP version constraints that currently exist both in composer.json, in the packagist info, and in the README badge

https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/versions.md#version-range

Tool: https://semver.madewithlove.com/?package=php&constraint=%3E%3D7.4

[vlakoff]

Generally speaking, the >= operator should be avoided, because it is recommended to always put an upper bound, at least on the next major version (i.e. the first number).

I would recommend ^7.4|^8.0 instead. So the previous code, but removing the ^8.1|^8.2|^8.3 part that was redundant.

• ^7.4: >=7.4 and < 8.0
• ^8.0: >=8.0 and < 9.0

This way we support PHP >= 7.4, but we prevent running on an hypothetical future PHP 9.0, as it would certainly require updates in Flight to work.

[fadrian06]

I guess you're right, even if we guarantee that flight will always support latest and lts versions... for older versions it might break

[fadrian06]

I guess you're right, even if we guarantee that flight will always support latest and lts versions... for older versions it might break

[fadrian06]

Although honestly, if I had php 9 and flight was already in version 6 for example...why would it cross my mind to download an old version?