Here's the pull request that made it happen: https://github.com/google/protobuf/pull/2951
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ generation functionality.
To use PHP runtime library requires:
-- C extension: PHP 5.5.x or 5.6.x.
+- C extension: PHP 5.5, 5.6, or 7.
- PHP package: PHP 5.5, 5.6 or 7.
## Installation