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boyjarv's avatar

craftCMS setup - docker desktop - php version

when I run: ddev start craft I get: Fatal error: Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 8.0.2". You are running 7.4.30. in /var/www/html/vendor/composer/platform_check.php on line 24

on my machine there is no path /var/www

I have tried everything

php -v I get: PHP 8.1.8

I'm assuming it's looking at the php version in Docker?? I don't like docker haven't used it much

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vargasman11's avatar

Craft Dev here!..2years later, I've ran into this before and at times it seems its looking for the PHP version in Docker, I'd also check your composer.json as well.

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