Currently I am using Laravel 4.2.
I have tried this command – composer global require laravel/installer
It is installing the 4.2 Version itself. I need to update it to the latest version. Any suggestions..
My PHP version is 7.3
Currently I am using Laravel 4.2.
I have tried this command – composer global require laravel/installer
It is installing the 4.2 Version itself. I need to update it to the latest version. Any suggestions..
My PHP version is 7.3
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Answers
As per the official laravel docs, the recommended way is to create a fresh laravel install and copy the unique application files from your old app to the newly created project
If you meant upgrade Laravel installer, just reinstall
4.2 is the latest version of the installer(not the framework), you could install Laravel framework 8.0 using Laravel installer 4.2
https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/installer
You can create a Laravel 8 project using the below command:
php artisan --version
should show the latest version of the Laravel frameworkIf you meant to upgrade your current Laravel 4.2 project to 8.0, you need to upgrade to 5(5.0 – 5.8) first, then 6, then 7, and then 8.
Below is how to upgrade from 4.2 to 5.0
https://laravel.com/docs/5.0/upgrade#upgrade-5.0
But the path is too long, it’s better to create new latest one and just copy-paste the route and controller.