[Bug 2016016] Re: [SRU] require PHP 8 (LP: #1975892)

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Title:
  [SRU] require PHP 8 (LP: #1975892)

Status in phpmyadmin package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in phpmyadmin source package in Jammy:
  New
Status in phpmyadmin source package in Kinetic:
  New
Status in phpmyadmin source package in Lunar:
  New

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

   * Forcing PHP 8 is required as users posted their concerns and invade Internet about this subject since then
      - See: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/17503
      - See: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/17523 (same as above but with the hate/heat enabled)
      - The packaging of symfony is made so it's impossible to run PHP < 8

  [ Test Plan ]

   * To reproduce the forced PHP 8 message, install deb sury's PHP 7.4
     or an Ubuntu jammy with PHP 7.4 installed and Apache2
     and the packages mentioned in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/symfony/+bug/1975892
     - Now that everything is installed, admire the error 500
     - Apply my patch on `libraries/common.inc.php`
     - Refresh, and see the HTML
     Alternative solution, change the `PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000` to `true` and see the HTML.

  [ Where problems could occur ]

   * Users could complain about the change for the PHP 8 version required,
     but that would mean they tweaked their distribution in a very weird way to have the symfony packages non buggy.

  [ Other Info ]

  See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/phpmyadmin/+bug/2013402

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