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 ## Requirements
 
 * Git
-* PHP >= 5.3.2 (for Composer)
+* PHP >= 5.4
 * Ruby >= 1.9 (for Capistrano)
 
 If you aren't interested in using a part, then you don't need its requirements either. Not deploying with Capistrano? Then don't worry about Ruby for example.