Fixes #11397: Minimum required version of PHP is 5.6.0 now

composer.json

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         "yiisoft/yii2": "self.version"
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.4.0",
+        "php": ">=5.6.0",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
         "lib-pcre": "*",

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 -----------------------
 
 - Removed methods marked as deprected in 2.0.x (samdark)
+- Chg #11397: Minimum required version of PHP is 5.6.0 now (samdark)
 
 2.0.9 under development
 -----------------------

framework/UPGRADE.md

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ php composer.phar self-update
 php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:~1.1.1"
 ```
 
+Upgrade to Yii 2.1.0
+--------------------
+
+* 5.6.0 is the minimum required version of PHP now.
+
 Upgrade from Yii 2.0.7
 ----------------------
 

framework/composer.json

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         "source": "https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2"
     },
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.4.0",
+        "php": ">=5.6.0",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "ext-ctype": "*",
         "lib-pcre": "*",