Laravel parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS, expecting T_STRING in artisan

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I checked my php version:

PHP 7.0.27 (cli) (built: Jan 23 2018 09:07:32) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies

Image php Version here

But this is the error that appears when doing cron job

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /path_to_project/artisan on line 31
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.29 Content-type: text/html

and I used this to test this code

<?php 
class Foo{}
echo Foo::class;

?>

The output is :Foo

artisan file

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
require __DIR__.'/bootstrap/autoload.php';

$app = require_once __DIR__.'/bootstrap/app.php';


$kernel = $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class);

$status = $kernel->handle(
$input = new Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput,
new Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput
);

$kernel->terminate($input, $status);

exit($status);

I run it like this:

* * * * * php /path_to_project/artisan schedule:run >> /path_to_project/log.txt
* * * * * php-cli -q /path_to_project/artisan  schedule:run >> /path_to_project/log.txt

How do I resolve this error?

so what is on the line 31? could you post the relevant snippet? It's hard to see where error is if you don't show relevant code. — Devstr
– Devstr, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 0:29
updated error not cuz code that artisan file belong to laravel — JRa
– JRa, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 0:36
quick search discovers many similar questions, all point to old PHP version: stackoverflow.com/questions/32205590/… — Devstr
– Devstr, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 0:40
Possible duplicate of Laravel parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE — Devstr
– Devstr, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 0:41
Ask your host. I'd guess your CLI is configured to use a particular PHP, perhaps via .profile or .bash_profile, and that cron doesn't use that profile. — ceejayoz
– ceejayoz, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 2:25

Devstr · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 00:56:39Z

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How do you run your code? Whatever is running it uses old PHP version.

It says it right here:

X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.29

see similar question on how to fix it: Laravel parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CLASS, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE

Also this answer suggests using php-cli to run your code instead of php: https://stackoverflow.com/a/41776870/7417402 This might explain why you get different versions.

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 0:56

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Devstr Over a year ago

how do you run your code? what is the command you are using? are you running it via cron?

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