PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'static' (T_STATIC)

Can you post the code it fails on or show the line number so we can track it down?

And post your composer.json

Line 194

{ "name": "laravel/laravel", "type": "project", "description": "The Laravel Framework.", "keywords": [ "framework", "laravel" ], "license": "MIT", "require": { "php": "^7.2|^8.0", "barryvdh/laravel-dompdf": "^1.0", "fideloper/proxy": "^4.4", "laravel/framework": "^6.20", "laravel/nexmo-notification-channel": "^2.5", "laravel/tinker": "^2.5", "pda/pheanstalk": "^4.0", "rguedes/pdfmerger": "^1.0", "sentry/sentry-laravel": "^2.11", "uxweb/sweet-alert": "^2.0" }, "require-dev": { "mockery/mockery": "^1.0", "nunomaduro/collision": "^3.0", "phpunit/phpunit": "^8.5.8|^9.3.3", "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1", "facade/ignition": "^1.16.4" }, "config": { "optimize-autoloader": true, "preferred-install": "dist", "sort-packages": true }, "extra": { "laravel": { "dont-discover": [] } }, "autoload": { "psr-4": { "App\": "app/" }, "classmap": [ "database/seeds", "database/factories" ] }, "autoload-dev": { "psr-4": { "Tests\": "tests/" } }, "minimum-stability": "dev", "prefer-stable": true, "scripts": { "post-autoload-dump": [ "Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump", "@php artisan package:discover --ansi" ], "post-root-package-install": [ "@php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"" ], "post-create-project-cmd": [ "@php artisan key:generate --ansi" ] } }

https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues/44883

It requires php 8.0