[MacPorts] #74154: php56: Build failure

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#74154: php56: Build failure
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  Reporter:  chris1111  |      Owner:  BjarneDM
      Type:  defect     |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal     |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports      |    Version:  2.12.5
Resolution:             |   Keywords:  snowleopard
      Port:  php56      |
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Comment (by BjarneDMat):

 I 😻love😻 my emojis

 regarding php < 7.4, my current policy is "wontfix" ‼️unless‼️ someone
 really has a valid need for it because of \\
 1) some legacy app/code that hasn't been upgraded that's needed in
 production \\
 2) they need to upgrade a legacy app/code and need a stable release to
 work out from

 I've done the work to get php >= 7.4 compliant w/ C23, because I can see a
 valid user case - and people are actually using php-{74,80..83} - ‼️BUT‼️
 noone has committed it yet; actually, the lang/php is 2 versions behind
 php release despite me having submitted & updated the relevant PR. Getting
 any php version < 7.4 compliant w/ the newest version of libxml2 & C23 is
 a lot of tedious work, that I'm presently not willing to undertake, as I
 haven't yet been presented w/ a valid user case.

 Presently, I'ld say, that I might take a look at php55, but
 ‼️👎🏻NOT👎🏻‼️ php-{52..54,56,70..73}

 I'ld say, that we at least ought to obsolete php-{52..54,56,70..73} \\
 1) any code made for php-{52..54} ought to work w/ php55 \\
 2) php56 really ought to have been named php60 - it was more-or-less a
 transition to / test version of php70 \\
 3) any code made for php-{70..73} ought to work w/ php74

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