Symfony 7.4+PHP 5.6

Why?

Why is Symfony 7.4 incompatible with PHP 5.6?

Requirement

PHP >=8.2.0

Selected version

PHP 5.6

Evaluation

5.6.40 does not satisfy >=8.2.0

Conclusion

INCOMPATIBLE

Evidence

CompatHub reports compatibility from upstream sources rather than making unsupported claims of its own.

• Symfony releases.json

  Confidence: HIGH

  https://symfony.com/releases.json

  Retrieved 31 August 2026

  Requirement: >=8.2.0

PHP versions

Compatibility is derived from the project's declared PHP requirement (>=8.2.0); it does not mean every version combination has been independently tested.

• 5.5❌
• 5.6❌
• 7.0❌
• 7.1❌
• 7.2❌
• 7.3❌
• 7.4❌
• 8.0❌
• 8.1❌
• 8.2✓
• 8.3✓
• 8.4✓
• 8.5✓

Other PHP versions satisfying this requirement

Symfony 7.4 — compatible PHP lines tracked in CompatHub

• ✓PHP 8.2version linesupported
• ✓PHP 8.3version linesupported
• ✓PHP 8.4version linesupported
• ✓PHP 8.5version linesupported

Other Symfony versions

Only lines with relevant compatibility evidence are listed.

• Symfony 8.1
• Symfony 8.0
• Symfony 7.4
• Symfony 7.3
• Symfony 7.2
• Symfony 7.1
• Symfony 7.0
• Symfony 6.4
• Symfony 6.3
• Symfony 6.2
• Symfony 6.1
• Symfony 6.0
• Symfony 5.4
• Symfony 5.3
• Symfony 5.2
• Symfony 5.1
• Symfony 5.0
• Symfony 4.4
• Symfony 4.3
• Symfony 4.2
• Symfony 4.1
• Symfony 4.0
• Symfony 3.4

Lifecycle context

Lifecycle status is separate from compatibility. An EOL component can still satisfy a documented version requirement.