Drop support for PHP 5.3

This PR just and only drops support for PHP 5.3. It doesn't (yet) take advantage of features which were introduced in PHP 5.4, which could now be used.
PHPCSStandards · Jan 26, 2022 · 8e5c053 · 8e5c053
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/integrationtest.yml b/.github/workflows/integrationtest.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
         include:
           # Ensure a "highest" PHP/PHPCS build combination for PHPCS 2.x is included.
-          - php: '5.3'
+          - php: '5.4'
             phpcs_version: '2.9.2'
             phpcompat: 'composer'
             experimental: false
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ jobs:
             phpcs_version: '2.0.0'
             phpcompat: '^7.0'
             experimental: false
-          - php: '5.3'
-            phpcs_version: '2.0.0'
-            phpcompat: '^7.0'
-            experimental: false
 
           # Additional builds against arbitrary interim PHPCS versions.
           - php: '7.3'

diff --git a/.github/workflows/phplint.yml b/.github/workflows/phplint.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: ['5.3', '5.6', '7.2', 'latest']
+        php: ['5.4', '5.6', '7.2', 'latest']
 
     name: "PHP Lint: PHP ${{ matrix.php }}"
 

diff --git a/.github/workflows/quicktest.yml b/.github/workflows/quicktest.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           - php: '5.6'
             phpcs_version: '2.6.0'
             phpcompat: 'composer'
-          - php: '5.3'
+          - php: '5.4'
             phpcs_version: '2.0.0'
             phpcompat: '^7.0'
 

diff --git a/.github/workflows/securitycheck.yml b/.github/workflows/securitycheck.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php: ['5.3', 'latest']
+        php: ['5.4', 'latest']
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ That's it.
 
 This plugin is compatible with:
 
-- PHP **5.x**, **7.x**, and **8.x** (Support for PHP v8 is available since [`v0.7.0`][v0.7])
+- PHP **5.4+**, **7.x**, and **8.x** (Support for PHP v8 is available since [`v0.7.0`][v0.7])
 - [Composer][composer] **1.x** and **2.x** (Support for Composer v2 is available since [`v0.7.0`][v0.7])
 - [PHP_CodeSniffer][codesniffer] **2.x** and **3.x** (Support for PHP_CodeSniffer v3 is available since [`v0.4.0`][v0.4])
 

diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "source": "https://github.com/dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer"
   },
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=5.3",
+    "php": ">=5.4",
     "composer-plugin-api": "^1.0 || ^2.0",
     "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.0 || ^3.0 || ^4.0"
   },

diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
     <exclude-pattern>*/vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
 
     <rule ref="PHPCompatibility"/>
-    <config name="testVersion" value="5.3-"/>
+    <config name="testVersion" value="5.4-"/>
 
     <rule ref="PSR12">
-        <!-- Constant visibility can not be declared (yet) as the minimum supported PHP version is 5.3
+        <!-- Constant visibility can not be declared (yet) as the minimum supported PHP version is 5.4
              and constant visibility was only introduced in PHP 7.1. -->
         <exclude name="PSR12.Properties.ConstantVisibility.NotFound"/>
     </rule>