Set PHP 8.2 for dev

[tijmenbruggeman]

Currently we are using PHP 7.4 as the development version. Note, this is different from the runtime version which is >=5.3.0.

• Updating the php platform allows us to use packages that are compatible with 8.2 which are more actively maintained.
• the background async compression was using an old version of mozart as newer versions were only compatible with 8.2.
• allows us to update php unit / mockery as later on

Out of scope

• Updating other dependencies. Want to do that deliberately to check for incompatibilities and features.
• Might be worth taking a look at PHPCompatibility https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibilityWP. Provides static analysis on WP/PHP support.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated the supported PHP version to 8.2.
  • Updated automated checks and tests to run on PHP 8.2.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The pull request changes the CI workflow matrices and Composer platform constraint from PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.2.

Changes

PHP 8.2 runtime alignment

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime configuration .github/workflows/check-test.yml, composer.json	The check and test matrices now use PHP 8.2. Composer now requires PHP 8.2.0 as its platform version.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5e71a

The change aligns Composer and CI with PHP 8.2, and the supplied evidence shows no concrete production or correctness risk blocking merge.

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