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PHP Laravel Basics Getting Started With Laravel Creating a Laravel Project

Elinor Armsby
Elinor Armsby
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Posted by Elinor Armsby
Elinor Armsby
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Error installing laravel

Got this error: Cannot use laravel/laravel's latest version v6.0.0 as it requires php ^7.2 which is not satisfied by your platform.

I have PHP 8.2.12 on my localhost (xampp). How do I get past this issue?

1 Answer

Rachel Johnson
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Rachel Johnson
Treehouse Teacher
Rachel Johnson
Rachel Johnson
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Elinor Armsby , thanks for your post.

It looks like your Composer may be configured with the older version of PHP. You'll likely need to switch PHP versions used by Composer.

One method is to uninstall Composer and reinstall it. The new install, by default, should use the latest version of PHP on your machine or virtual environment (XAMPP).

There are methods to change the PHP version used by Composer as well, here are a few resources:

Do note that these resources may be for Windows or Mac. So you may need to adjust commands a little depending on your operating system.

I hope this helps!