Issue composer version and php version

[TheFreeman]

Hello,

following Problem:



Installed and working PHP 7.4.13
Plesk Composer-Extension 1.10.5

But why composer tells me something abaout PHP 7.2.24 ???
How can i fix this?
Thank you in advance!

LG

 

[Bitpalast]

I'm unexperienced with this but woud like to ask you if you could please explain the special string "laravel/laravel:^8.0" in your prefer-dist argument. I've never seen a carot ^ in such a string. What does that mean? Is it the correct syntax?

 

[JulianDot]

I presume that in your virtual host, where you are trying to install laravel, you have php 7.2, not 7.4
You can check and swith PHP version in Plesk -> subscriptions -> domain.com -> PHP settings

The command

php -v

is not relevant in the virtual host context in Plesk.

 

[TheFreeman]

I'm unexperienced with this but woud like to ask you if you could please explain the special string "laravel/laravel:^8.0" in your prefer-dist argument. I've never seen a carot ^ in such a string. What does that mean? Is it the correct syntax?

:8.0 means, you expect exactly this version.
:^8.0 means, this version but if existing the highest subversion.
In my case it was the 8.19.0

I presume that in your virtual host, where you are trying to install laravel, you have php 7.2, not 7.4
You can check and swith PHP version in Plesk -> subscriptions -> domain.com -> PHP settings

The command

php -v

is not relevant in the virtual host context in Plesk.

OK...But they are both the same versions.

 

[andyxyz]

always cal composer with the php version you want to use and pretend the native php does not exist eg

/opt/plesk/php/7.4/bin/php composer update