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php artisan serve gives me PHP parse error , syntax error , unexpected '=' in Arr.php on line 388

Posted July 14, 2019 4.5k

PHP LAMP Stack PHP Frameworks Debian 9

Debian 9
Apache 2
MariaDb
PHP 7.0.33
installed composer
installed laravel globally

Attempted to update to PHP 7.2 by…
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php7.2 but get error unable to locate package

the Arr.php file is in \vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Support

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johnrobertkosanovic

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bobbyiliev July 15, 2019

Hello,

Indeed I believe that this is due to the PHP version, can you confirm your current PHP version?

You could try following the steps here on how to install PHP 7.2 on Debain:
https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-php-7-2-on-debian-9/

Hope that this helps!
Bobby

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johnrobertkosanovic July 15, 2019

Thanks Bobby, that did it. I upgraded from 7.0.33 to 7.2.20 and now I can run ‘php artisan serve’ in my project folder.
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- bobbyiliev July 15, 2019
  
  Perfect! I’m happy to hear that it is working now! Make sure to mark the answer as correct so that other people would know that this fixed the issue for you.
  
  Regards,
  Bobby
  
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