Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into documentation-changes

Author: desrosj

README.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ To use the Runner, the following is required (testing WordPress 6.7-alpha):
 - Server / hosting (infrastructure) with the usual configuration you use
 - A database where you can test (tables will be created and destroyed several times)
 - PHP 7.2+
-- MySQL 5.5+ / MariaDB 10.0+
+- MySQL 5.5.5+ / MariaDB 5.5.5+
 - NodeJS 20.x / npm 10.x / grunt
 - PHP Composer
 - Git, RSync, WGet, UnZip

prepare.php

@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Sets up the SSH private key for use in the test environment if provided.
+ * Performs a series of operations to set up the test environment. This includes creating a preparation directory,
+ * cloning the WordPress development repository, and preparing the environment with npm.
  */
 // Prepare an array of shell commands to set up the testing environment.
 perform_operations( array(
@@ -120,12 +121,6 @@
 	// The '--depth=1' flag creates a shallow clone with a history truncated to the last commit.
 	'git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop.git ' . escapeshellarg( $WPT_PREPARE_DIR ),
 
-	// Download the WordPress importer plugin zip file to the specified plugins directory.
-	'wget -O ' . escapeshellarg( $WPT_PREPARE_DIR . '/tests/phpunit/data/plugins/wordpress-importer.zip' ) . ' https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-importer.zip' . $certificate_validation,
-
-	// Change directory to the plugin directory, unzip the WordPress importer plugin, and remove the zip file.
-	'cd ' . escapeshellarg( $WPT_PREPARE_DIR . '/tests/phpunit/data/plugins/' ) . '; unzip wordpress-importer.zip; rm wordpress-importer.zip',
-
 	// Change directory to the preparation directory, install npm dependencies, and build the project.
 	'cd ' . escapeshellarg( $WPT_PREPARE_DIR ) . '; npm install && npm run build'
 
@@ -303,13 +298,13 @@ function curl_selected_bits(\$k) { return in_array(\$k, array('version', 'ssl_ve
 log_message( 'Environment PHP Version: ' . $env_php_version );
 
 /**
- * Checks if the detected PHP version is below 7.0.
- * The test runner requires PHP version 7.0 or above, and if the environment's PHP version
+ * Checks if the detected PHP version is below 7.2.
+ * The test runner requires PHP version 7.2 or above, and if the environment's PHP version
  * is lower, it logs an error message and could terminate the script.
  */
-if ( version_compare( $env_php_version, '7.0', '<' ) ) {
-	// Logs an error message indicating the test runner's incompatibility with PHP versions below 7.0.
-	error_message( 'The test runner is not compatible with PHP < 7.0.' );
+if ( version_compare( $env_php_version, '7.2', '<' ) ) {
+	// Logs an error message indicating the test runner's incompatibility with PHP versions below 7.2.
+	error_message( 'The test runner is not compatible with PHP < 7.2.' );
 }
 
 /**