PHP 5.6 reaches end of life in December 2018.
Many server admins refuse to upgrade to PHP 7.1, because WordPress refuses to make its minimum PHP version 7.1 and so they don't have to.
WordPress refuses to make its minimum PHP version 7.1 because many server admins haven't upgraded yet.
Because of this, people are blaming PHP for "ending 5.6 too early".
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