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Are you running a different php version in homestead compared to your local install (valet)
Sep 13, 2016
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Laravel 5.3 not working with Valet
A clean install of Laravel 5.3 is not working with Valet. I'm getting the following error:
Parse error: parse error, expecting '&'' or"variable (T_VARIABLE)"' in /Users/Oz/Apps/gestlab/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php on line 475
But if I install a fresh copy of Laravel 5.3 on homestead and add the corresponding configuration on the hosts file everything works fine.
Why am I not able to use Laravel 5.3 with Valet?
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Yeah. PHP Versions:
Homestead: PHP 7.0.8 Local: PHP 7.0.6
Laravel 5.2 works fine with Valet though. I'm only having issues with version 5.3
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Line 475 is the start of the event() helper, yes?
Have you tried php artisan clear-compiled ? (clutching at straws here)
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Yeah, it's the start of the event helper. I've tried that without any success. What I find weird though is that an install of laravel 5.2 works fine. Therefore, it leads me to believe that perhaps Valet needs tweaking in order to work with Laravel 5.3...
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I only replied because I am happily running Valet with laravel 5.3.0 and 5.3.8 with php 7.0.7
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Just managed to solve it by reinstalling Laravel Valet. I had upgraded my version of PHP prior to testing out Laravel 5.3. I believe that the reason it worked for 5.2 based projects was because Valet stores the path to the PHP version currently in use.
Since I was using a different PHP version for Laravel 5.2 it didn't update the changes to 5.3. Therefore, by reinstalling Valet, it also pointed to the updated PHP version.
All is working now.
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