[Refactor] Drop support for PHP 7.4 and Laravel 8

Author: lindyhopchris

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        php: [7.4, '8.0', 8.1, 8.2]
-        laravel: [8.76, 9]
-        exclude:
-          - php: 7.4
-            laravel: 9
-          - php: 8.2
-            laravel: 8.76
+        php: ['8.0', 8.1, 8.2]
+        laravel: [9]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This projec
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Drop support for PHP `7.4` - minimum PHP version is now `8.0`.
+- Drop support for Laravel 8.
 - Upgraded `laravel-json-api/neomerx-json-api` dependency to `^1.2`. This allows v1, v2 and v3 of the PSR log
   dependency, whereas previously only v1 was allowed.
 

composer.json

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": "^7.4|^8.0",
+        "php": "^8.0",
         "ext-json": "*",
         "laravel-json-api/neomerx-json-api": "^1.2",
-        "laravel/framework": "^8.76|^9.0",
+        "laravel/framework": "^9.0",
         "nyholm/psr7": "^1.2",
         "ramsey/uuid": "^3.0|^4.0",
         "symfony/psr-http-message-bridge": "^2.0"