Cannot install latest Laravel 9.0 when my /usr/bin/php points to php7.4 about installer HOT 4 CLOSED

If I do: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.1.1/bin/php /Users/driesvints/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel new test-lara9

It installs Laravel 9 for me. PHP 7.4 is installed as well. So I don't think there's an issue here and something specific to your local install is happening. Please try a support channel:

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from installer.

If I do: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.1.1/bin/php /Users/driesvints/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel new test-lara9

It installs Laravel 9 for me. PHP 7.4 is installed as well. So I don't think there's an issue here and something specific to your local install is happening. Please try a support channel:

• Laracasts Forums
• Laravel.io Forums
• StackOverflow
• Discord
• Larachat
• IRC

Did you have php 7.4 as your default?

i.e. if you do php -v do you get 7.4 or 8.1?

This issue seems to only occur if the default php on the system is 7.4

from installer.

With Linux/Ubuntu this did not worked for me:

php8.1 ~/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel new test-lara9

To make it work, I switched php version with this:

sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php8.1

from installer.

If I do: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.1.1/bin/php /Users/driesvints/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel new test-lara9
It installs Laravel 9 for me. PHP 7.4 is installed as well. So I don't think there's an issue here and something specific to your local install is happening. Please try a support channel:

• Laracasts Forums
• Laravel.io Forums
• StackOverflow
• Discord
• Larachat
• IRC

Did you have php 7.4 as your default?

i.e. if you do php -v do you get 7.4 or 8.1?

This issue seems to only occur if the default php on the system is 7.4

I can confirm this is in-fact true! Happened to me as well as I had [email protected] as my default php. Had to change to [email protected] to get the latest Laravel version 9 installed via laravel new app.

If I am not mistaken, I guess this is not an issue though as Laravel 9 requires PHP >= 8.0 at least.

from installer.