Support legacy PHP 5.3 through PHP 7.2 and HHVM

Author: clue

.travis.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 language: php
 
 php:
-  - 5.3
+# - 5.3 # requires old distro, see below
   - 5.4
   - 5.5
   - 5.6
-  - 7
-  - hhvm
+  - 7.0
+  - 7.1
+  - 7.2
+  - hhvm # ignore errors, see below
+
+# lock distro so future defaults will not break the build
+dist: trusty
+
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - php: 5.3
+      dist: precise
+  allow_failures:
+    - php: hhvm
 
 sudo: false
 

README.md

@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ The recommended way to install this library is [through composer](http://getcomp
 }
 ```
 
+This project aims to run on any platform and thus does not require any PHP
+extensions and supports running on legacy PHP 5.3 through current PHP 7+ and
+HHVM.
+It's *highly recommended to use PHP 7+* for this project.
+
 You may also want to install some of the [additional components](#components).
 A list of all official components can be found in the [graphp project](https://github.com/graphp).