Level 1
You should be able to switch your version of PHP:
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May 7, 2016
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Level 10
Installation of laravel 5.2 on godaddy shared hosting
Hello everyone, I just want to deploy laravel 5.2 on godaddy shared hosting which required PHP version 5.6 or greater. But godaddy is providing me PHP 5.5. So I cannot install laravel 5.2. Is there any way I can deploy laravel 5.2 on godaddy shared hosting? Thanks.
Level 10
They only allow me to update upto PHP version 5.5 but I need PHP version 5.6
Level 48
You might need to be moved/upgraded to a newer server. I'd contact them and ask about it.
If they don't have anything with a newer version (which is unlikely) then you'll have to switch to a different hosting company.
Level 75
Use laravel 5.1 for a while it's LTS.
Level 5
You're going to struggle getting things going on GoDaddy Hosting.
You really, really need to give forge.laravel.com a try. (your future self will thank you).
For $10/mo (forge) you can spin up lots of laravel droplets on Digital Ocean. 1GB of Ram ($10/mo is recommended) you could use a $5 (512) droplet if it's low traffic/for testing.
You can host multiple low traffic laravel projects (multiple domains) if you're just testing things out.
For production sites I would recommend their own 1GB droplet.
Forge is really, really, really convenient. You can buy a domain, build your server, deploy your repo and have a live site in 5 minutes. And forge makes updates and deployments so easy with automated deployment option.
Definitely check it out.
Level 75
I have a live 5.1 site on GoDaddy and I have had no problems. I'm also curious when they going to offer 5.6 but no big deal I don't plan on using laravel 5.2 on live sites.
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