Why do I get a laravel error while creating a new project?

Question

When I type laravel new blog I get the following error.

In RequestException.php line 113:

Server error: GET http://cabinet.laravel.com/latest.zi

Answer 1

Check your PHP version:

php --version

It has to be >=7.3. If it isn't you have to upgrade your PHP version.

You can download the latest stable version here