After installing laravel we get an error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\public\index.php on line 50
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I still have this problem, and we cannot put our laravel application live. We are using php 5.6. for apache and for command line. "php -v" gives "5.6"John Little– John Little2017-08-10 15:46:03 +00:00Commented Aug 10, 2017 at 15:46
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Did you create key?Agil– Agil2018-02-25 10:57:37 +00:00Commented Feb 25, 2018 at 10:57
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Laravel 5.1 uses the ::class property to get string representations of a fully qualified classname. The error you're seeing is caused by this line
$kernel = $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class);
This language feature has been introduced in PHP 5.5 which is a requirement of Laravel 5.1. Your installed PHP version is probably older than 5.5. Try to update your PHP binary.
In case you are interested in why ::class is used, take a look at this answer
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Nagaraj Jayaraman
I am using php 5.6.0, but still i am getting
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'class' (T_CLASS), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or '{' or '$' in C:\wamp\www\laravelmaster\public\index.php on line 50 , i checked from cmd like php -v and using laravel 5.2
lukasgeiter
@151291 Your CLI version of php (the one you get with
php -v) might be different from the one the webserver uses. Put phpinfo() in a PHP file and open it in your browser. There you should see the actual version your server uses...
Dhirender
Hi, My CLI version as well as version of PHP showing in phpinfo is 7.1.22 but still I am getting same error. Can you please help? why I am getting this error still? Thanks
timbrown
@Dhirender - I know this is old, but for others, this error also happens for me when I forget a
; after a use statement for a class I'm adding referencing in a class.Same thing happened to me also. I found that web server was using my old PHP version 5. To solve it for me, I did this -
sudo a2dismod php5
sudo a2enmod php7.0
sudo service apache2 restart
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willcwf
This was my issue, and
php -v on the command line was using 7.1 but the server was still on php5Dhirender
Hi, My CLI version as well as version of PHP showing in phpinfo is 7.1.22 but still I am getting same error. Can you please help? why I am getting this error still? Thanks
Your php version is too low. Try version 7.0 or later php.
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Your PHP version on your Xampp is lower than 5.5.9 as specified in the Laravel 5.1 doc.
Simply uninstall your current Xampp software and download a fresh copy at Apache website with this specification 5.6.12 / PHP 5.6.12 .
Do not forget to collaborate with your host provider to ensure that your hosting account runs the required PHP version (>=5.5.9) during the deployment of your Laravel 5.1 app online.
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Agil
Yeah version might cause that too. But make sure you get version actuallyorking on your server, virtual machine or whatever you are using
I was facing the same error but error was in app/User.php line 10. Actually, line 10 was ok but before line 10 I was missing some php syntax.
After correct the php syntax error It was fixed. So you have to check C:\xampp\htdocs\laravel\public\index.php on line 49 carefully I am sure there is something wrong. Just try to correct. It will be fixed.
