!chore: drop support for PHP 7.4

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: set up PHP
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: lint
         run: make lint
   run-tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        phpversion: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3']
+        phpversion: ['8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: set up PHP
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./bin/php-coveralls --coverage_clover=build/logs/clover.xml -v
   docs:
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3

README.md

@@ -100,8 +100,6 @@ For additional support, see our [org-wide support policy](https://github.com/Eas
 
 ## Development
 
-**NOTE:** Recording VCR cassettes only works with PHP 7.4. Once recorded, tests can be run on PHP 7.4 or 8.0+.
-
 ```bash
 # Install dependencies
 make install

composer.json

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
   ],
   "require": {
     "ext-json": "*",
-    "php": ">=7.4",
+    "php": ">=8.0",
     "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.5"
   },
   "require-dev": {
     "allejo/php-vcr-sanitizer": "^1.0.9",
     "php-coveralls/php-coveralls": "^2.5",
-    "php-vcr/php-vcr": "^1.5.5",
+    "php-vcr/php-vcr": "1.6.7",
     "phpunit/phpunit": "^9",
     "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.7",
     "roave/security-advisories": "dev-latest",