From e2338292e189f5809adab2fbb89a76fe63373606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Skrypnyk <alex@drevops.com>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 20:21:01 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] [#462] Removed PHP version from `composer.json`.

---
 README.md     | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 composer.json |  1 -
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73c3e4938..afe7b1b36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,13 +123,34 @@ section of composer.json:
 
 ### How do I specify a PHP version?
 
-This project supports PHP 8.3 as minimum version (see [PHP requirements](https://www.drupal.org/docs/system-requirements/php-requirements)), however it's possible that a `composer update` will upgrade some package that will then require PHP 8.3+.
+There are 2 places where Composer will be looking for PHP version requirements
+when resolving dependencies:
+1. The `require.php` version value in `composer.json`.
+2. The `config.platform` version value in `composer.json`.
 
-To prevent this you can add this code to specify the PHP version you want to use in the `config` section of `composer.json`:
+The purpose of `require.php` is to set the minimum PHP language requirements
+for a package. For example, the minimum version required for Drupal 11.0 is
+`8.3` or above, which can be specified as `>=8.3`.
+
+The purpose of `config.platform` is to set the PHP language requirements for the
+specific instance of the package running in the current environment. For
+example, while the minimum version required for Drupal 11 is `8.3` or above,
+the  actual PHP version on the hosting provider could be `8.3.1`. The value of
+this field should provide your exact version of PHP with all 3 parts of the
+version.
+
+#### Which versions to specify in my Drupal site?
+
+This project includes `drupal/core` which already has `require.php` added. Your
+would inherit that constraint. There is no need to add `require.php` to your
+`composer.json`.
+
+`config.platform` is a platform-specific. It is recommended to specify
+`config.platform` as a _specific version_ (e.g.`8.3.1`) constraint to ensure
+that only the package versions supported by your current environment are used.
 
 ```json
 "config": {
-    "sort-packages": true,
     "platform": {
         "php": "8.3.1"
     }
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 24656a9d6..29b7066e6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=8.3",
         "composer/installers": "^2.1",
         "cweagans/composer-patches": "^1.7",
         "drupal/core-composer-scaffold": "^11@alpha",