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Your PHP version exceeds the Laravel version requirements:
laravel/framework[v5.8.0, ..., 5.8.x-dev] require php ^7.1.3 -> your php version (8.1.5) does not satisfy that requirement.
Install the required PHP version.
May 23, 2022
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Level 6
How to upgrade laravel 5.8 to 9?
I'm having a trouble upgrading laravel. It says that I need to upgrade it sequentially. So I tried updating it to v6.0 first, but I got this error.
> composer update
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- Root composer.json requires php 7.4.* but your php version (8.1.5) does not satisfy that requirement.
Problem 2
- laravel/framework[v5.8.0, ..., 5.8.x-dev] require php ^7.1.3 -> your php version (8.1.5) does not satisfy that requirement.
- Root composer.json requires laravel/framework 5.8.* -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v5.8.0, ..., 5.8.x-dev].
Use the option --with-all-dependencies (-W) to allow upgrades, downgrades and removals for packages currently locked to specific versions.
Level 6
@tykus I installed php74 and this is what I got:
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
Nothing to modify in lock file
Writing lock file
Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev)
Nothing to install, update or remove
Package swiftmailer/swiftmailer is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use symfony/mailer instead.
Package fzaninotto/faker is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.
Package phpunit/php-token-stream is abandoned, you should avoid using it. No replacement was suggested.
Generating optimized autoload files
> Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
> @php artisan package:discover --ansi
In PackageManifest.php line 122:
Undefined index: name
Script @php artisan package:discover --ansi handling the post-autoload-dump event returned with error code 1
Level 6
I changed the laravel/framework in composer.json to "6.0.*" and I got this:
Problem 2
- laravel/framework[v6.0.0, ..., v6.0.4] require php ^7.2 -> your php version (8.1.5) does not satisfy that requirement.
- Root composer.json requires laravel/framework 6.0.* -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v6.0.0, ..., v6.0.4].
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That's gonna be a pretty big lift without any automation. The framework has changed quite a bit since 5.x with regard to deprecations, added/removed dependencies, etc. Consider a tool like https://laravelshift.com/ to ease the transition. Countless devs report it's worth the financial cost.
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Level 14
Hi @chron,
First, you must know that it will have to be an incremental process.
You two things you must consider.
- Upgrading Laravel
- Changing your code to correctly reflect and run under higher PHP versions.
I can suggest a great tool, which is free, that can help you upgrade your old code.
https://github.com/rectorphp/rector
It's still a bit of lifting, especially if you lack the PHP experience to cope with the language changes.
I do this helps you in some way.
Cheers.
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If you don't want to use a service like Laravel Shift, then I would highly recommend installing a fresh Laravel app, and then incrementally migrating your application code over.
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Level 75
If you do upgrade, make sure laravel is correctly upgraded prior to upgrading / updating the framework.
Either:
- Follow each upgrade guide
- Or use a merge tool but still reading each upgrade guide
But a new app is easier. And you are aware that laravel is always manually upgraded, right?
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