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You have to install the later version. Changing in composer only limits what versions composer will set as a minimum requirement. It does not change the version.
Instructions for installing a different version are OS specific
Feb 23, 2022
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how to upgrade php version in laravel 8
hello i need to upgrade php version to be 8.0 and I am running (PHP 7.3.29). here is my composer info "php": "^7.3|^8.0", I went to change it to "php": "^8.0" but it does not work
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@Snapey if I understand you correctly, I am using XAMPP OS X 8.0.9 which uses PHP Version 8.0.9. so, may I how to upgrade my version?
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@Shady Hesham is it not a setting in xampp ?
can't really help other than googling it, personally I install different versions with Homebrew
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@Snapey when i open /phpinfo.php in xampp I see that I am running PHP Version 8.0.9 but my laravel project does not see it
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