WordPress 3.2 Ditching both PHP and MySQL 4

WordPress announced today that they will will be dropping support for PHP 4 and MySQL 4 with the release of version 3.2 of their software.  This is a bold move for Automattic, because they have been pretty strong proponents of making their software work on almost every server.  I guess at some point in time we all have to move forward and the move to PHP 5.2 makes sense.

The newest versions of both Drupal and  Joomla will also support PHP 5.  Hopefully this will be the push most hosts need to make the jump to PHP5.  According to the WordPress blog, “Only around 11 percent of WordPress installs are running on a PHP version below 5.2″.  If this news affects you, don’t worry you still have some time, because WordPress won’t be making the switch until the first half of 2011.