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Meysam
Meysam

Reputation: 18137

The minimum php version required to install Laravel

What's the minimum php version required to install Laravel? According to this wikihow tutorial, the minimum version required is 6.3.7:

Install Laravel Framework in Windows *PHP version greater than 6.3.7 is required.

But the latest php version that can be installed with xampp is 5.6.3. If a grater version is required, how can I install it?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5676

Answers (1)

lukasgeiter
lukasgeiter

Reputation: 152900

Wikihow is wrong. The requirements for Laravel 4.2 are:

  • PHP >= 5.4
  • MCrypt PHP Extension

Laravel Docs

By the way, for Laravel 5, the (not final) documentation states:

  • PHP >= 5.4
  • Mcrypt PHP Extension
  • OpenSSL PHP Extension
  • Mbstring PHP Extension

Upvotes: 5

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