In some cases Composer doesn’t use the actual version of PHP.
$ composer install Problem 1 - This package requires php >=5.6.31 but your PHP version (5.5.9) does not satisfy that requirement. $ php -v PHP 5.6.31 (cli)
It’s all because in first line of the executable Composer file we have:
#!/usr/bin/env php
All we need to do to fix it:
1. Either simply use: /path/to/specific/php composer.phar <command> for run
2. Or force Composer to use your version of PHP by update PATH= environment variable in your ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc file
What we should have:
PATH=/path/to/specific/php:$PATH
Note that this will not automatically update your path for the current session. To do this, you should also run:
source ~/.profile or source ~/.bashrc