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what version of PHP are you using with Apache? You need to be using PHP >= 7.1.3

https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/installation#server-requirements

php 7.2

(php -v) PHP 7.2.10-1+0~20181001133118.7+stretch~1.gbpb6e829 (cli) (built: Oct 1 2018 13:31:18) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.2.10-1+0~20181001133118.7+stretch~1.gbpb6e829, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies

Since he used composer to install, composer wouldn't have installed it if the php version wasn't adequate. My bet is however he did this

I created then a symbolic link of the public folder in the fresh new laravel project called test to one directory on my apache server.

I just figured out the problem thanks to your answer

I had php7.2 installed but apache was still using php7.0

a2dismod php7.0 a2enmod php7.2 service apache2 restart

Thanks :)

It is possible that the CLI version of PHP is 7.2 but apache is using an older version of PHP. Would be worth adding a phpinfo.php in the root of your public folder containing

<?php 

phpinfo();

the navigate to your http://www.yoursite.com/phpinfo.php and double check the version.

Ensure you remove the phpinfo.php file once you have tested.

Thanks to both of you ;)

I had the same problem ,I started uploading my Laravel 5.7 project on Bluehost shared hosting updated server to php 7.2 ,And I still get this error.

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I upgraded my PHP version from 7.0 to 7.2 and thats worked for me.

I'm just running into this issue...I checked that PHP7.4 is installed for FPM and for Apache. I'm very confused as to how to solve this.

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