Yes, we know the PHP requirements are a pain in the bum for everyone. It has been argued to death here. However, the fact remains that PHP 5.2.x has features we are relying on for the new files API work, and PHP <= 5.2.8 had bugs that we could not work around.
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Moodle 2.0 system requirements
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