Increase PHP platform config version

[ericp-mrel]

• Increase php version in composer platform.php config value so we can install the latest version of orchestra testbench.
• Replace deprecated faker library with support library.

Updating testbench allows this package to maintain compatibility with the latest version of Laravel 6 since Laravel 6 requires PHP >= 7.2.5 and setting composer php platform version to 7.2 does not meet that requirement, so increasing the value allows everything to continue working.

[ericp-mrel]

Any chance you can merge this?

[bumbummen99]

7.2 is EOL anyways, it might be good to remove it:
https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

[ericp-mrel]

7.2 is EOL anyways, it might be good to remove it:
https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Could also remove the platform override all together from the composer.json file so that the developer's current PHP version is used instead. Not sure if @jgrossi would be good with that?

[jgrossi]

hey folks 👋 corcel 3 e ~ laravel 6, that requires PHP 7.2.5+. I think we should stay with that. @ericp-mrel can you update this PR with last changes from the original branch please? thanks

[ericp-mrel]

@jgrossi I'm not seeing any commits needing to be merged in from the original 3.0 branch. It's showing my branch as being 1 commit ahead and not behind by any.

[jgrossi]

"hautelook/phpass": "0.3.*", package was deleted. check 4.0 and 5.0 branches please.

if you can help with that on branch 3.0 would be great 🙏

[ericp-mrel]

@jgrossi Gotcha.

Also, would you like me to remove the config.platform.php setting from the composer.json file, looks like the other branches no longer define a php platform version and wasn't sure if you'd like this branch to follow those newer branches.

[ericp-mrel]

@jgrossi Any chance of merging? I'm not sure why this is taking so long.

I would like to get this merged so I don't have to keep maintaining my fork just to be able to install with L6.