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PHP 7.1 not recognizing the PHP5.6+ syntax `use function` – Apache

I have a PHP website running on Apache and PHP 7.1.
The application is running well on my PC, when I deploy to the server I get the following error:

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'function' (T_FUNCTION), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or \\ (T_NS_SEPARATOR)

When I looked into the location the error is happening at, it was a PHP5.6+ syntax as I understood:

use function ...;

When I run php --version or which php it shows it is PHP 7.1.
Is there a setting that configures php to allow syntax above certain version?

EDIT:
phpinfo() is reporting PHP 5.5.9
I guess what I need is help on how to set Apache to use the default PHP version which is 7.1 in case of my server.

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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    The answer is to disable the module PHP 5 and enable 7.1 for apache:

    sudo a2dismod php5
sudo a2enmod php7.1
sudo service apache2 restart

  2. 0 
    use keywork will support all version of php. i think your function declaration error. 
you can use below example and correct your function
**use** can only be used with anonymous functions. Using it with named functions 
 gives a syntax error.

 <?
function counter($start) {
  $value = $start;

 return function() use (&$value) {
   return $value++;
 };

    }

     $counter = counter(6);

echo $counter() . "n";
echo $counter() . "n";
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