Laravel 5.1 and ovh Issue

Question

My host is the type pro (OVH) I have a problem with laravel 5.1 in Ovh when I type php artisan I get

X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.9
Content-type: text/html

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<b>Warning</b>:  Unexpected character in input:  '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in <b>/home/obliviushc/petite-enfance/artisan</b> on line <b>31</b><br />
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<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in <b>/home/obliviushc/petite-enfance/artisan</b> on line <b>31</b><br />

and as you see the version of php is 4.4.9 and i followed the instructions from the site of OVH to change the version of php and i added .ovhconfig in public/ file and it contains these lines

app.engine=php
app.engine.version=5.6
http.firewall=none
environment=production

and i tested inside a view file with <?php phpinfo() ?> and I get 5.6.15 now is this due to the php of version or what ? please help me I'm Stuck!

It seems that [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/q/30445226) was asked before, without being resolved. I looks like that configuration file does not affect the CLI. I suggest you take it up with the hosting provider, they are responsible to offer solutions here. — Bogdan, Dec 08 '15 at 13:11
thanks man , That's what i see too the configuration seems to be in a place and the command line is another place , nothing affected — khaleader, Dec 08 '15 at 13:21
Jesus, they offer PHP 4? That's been unsupported for nearly a decade. Find a new host. — ceejayoz, Dec 08 '15 at 13:55
in browser you can see the version you want but in command line I see only 4.4.9 — khaleader, Dec 08 '15 at 13:56
probably this is why, the path variable is still pointing to the old PHP version. And artisan run on command line. — Mina Abadir, Dec 08 '15 at 13:58
tahnk you @MinaAbadir How Can I make it point to the new php version — khaleader, Dec 08 '15 at 14:02

Mina Abadir · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-08T14:16:46.107

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As per the documentation, the minimum PHP version required is: PHP >= 5.5.9.

It seems the command line is still pointing to the old PHP version, so artisan fails. In order to get the correct path, find where your php is installed, add a script and run it from the browser (i.e. handled by Apache)

<?php
echo PHP_BINDIR;

Then add that directory to your PATH variable.

Finally try to remove the old PHP version path, you can find it by running this command in CLI:

which php

edited Dec 08 '15 at 14:16

answered Dec 08 '15 at 13:53

Mina Abadir

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I successfully added php 5.6 of the new path but when I try to remove the old path i get can't delete read only – khaleader Dec 08 '15 at 14:40
how do you try to remove it, also what is the output of `php -v` now? – Mina Abadir Dec 08 '15 at 14:41
I did rm /usr/local/bin/php to remove ,, the output is still PHP 4.4.9 (cgi) (built: Apr 20 2012 18:34:17) Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies – khaleader Dec 08 '15 at 14:44
This is not the right way, just add the new directory to the beginning of your PATH variable, so it's searched first. – Mina Abadir Dec 08 '15 at 14:45
You are the hero Man it worked Thank you , but there is a little problem when I close Putty and enter again I find that the new path is deleted , how to save it ? – khaleader Dec 08 '15 at 15:04
You need to add it to your `.bashrc` file. – Mina Abadir Dec 08 '15 at 15:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 12 '16 at 14:03

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php5.5 -v

if ok then use 'php5.5' instead of 'php' in every commands :

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php5.5
php5.5 composer.phar install
php5.5 artisan clear-compiled
php5.5 artisan optimize

answered Feb 12 '16 at 14:03

Dubois Jérôme

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I discovered that ovh is not suitable with laravel I switched to forge with digital ocean – khaleader Feb 12 '16 at 14:47
Ok with 1and1 for me. For OVH : https://openclassrooms.com/forum/sujet/laravel-deploiement-ne-fonctionne-pas – Dubois Jérôme Feb 17 '16 at 14:29

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