Extract out $BRANCHES into its own include file that returns the data rather than assigns it to a global.

Author: markrandall

include/branch-overrides.inc

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    /* 3.0 is here because version_compare() can't handle the only version in
+     * $OLDRELEASES, and it saves another special case in
+     * get_branch_security_eol_date(). */
+    '3.0' => [
+        'security' => '2000-10-20',
+    ],
+    '5.3' => [
+        'stable' => '2013-07-11',
+        'security' => '2014-08-14',
+    ],
+    '5.4' => [
+        'stable' => '2014-09-14',
+        'security' => '2015-09-03',
+    ],
+    '5.5' => [
+        'stable' => '2015-07-10',
+        'security' => '2016-07-21',
+    ],
+    '5.6' => [
+        'stable' => '2017-01-19',
+        'security' => '2018-12-31',
+    ],
+    '7.0' => [
+        'stable' => '2018-01-04',
+        'security' => '2019-01-10',
+    ],
+    '8.4' => [
+        'date' => '2024-11-21',
+    ],
+];

include/branches.inc

@@ -10,37 +10,7 @@ include_once __DIR__ . '/version.inc';
  *    - stable:   the end of active support (usually two years after release).
  *    - security: the end of security support (usually release + 3 years).
  */
-$BRANCHES = [
-    /* 3.0 is here because version_compare() can't handle the only version in
-     * $OLDRELEASES, and it saves another special case in
-     * get_branch_security_eol_date(). */
-    '3.0' => [
-        'security' => '2000-10-20',
-    ],
-    '5.3' => [
-        'stable' => '2013-07-11',
-        'security' => '2014-08-14',
-    ],
-    '5.4' => [
-        'stable' => '2014-09-14',
-        'security' => '2015-09-03',
-    ],
-    '5.5' => [
-        'stable' => '2015-07-10',
-        'security' => '2016-07-21',
-    ],
-    '5.6' => [
-        'stable' => '2017-01-19',
-        'security' => '2018-12-31',
-    ],
-    '7.0' => [
-        'stable' => '2018-01-04',
-        'security' => '2019-01-10',
-    ],
-    '8.4' => [
-        'date' => '2024-11-21',
-    ],
-];
+$BRANCHES = require __DIR__ . '/branch-overrides.inc';
 
 /* Time to keep EOLed branches in the array returned by get_active_branches(),
  * which is used on the front page download links and the supported versions