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I've been trying to install laravel 5.6 using composer but it is always installing version 5.5. I found this question which says this problem was fixed but trying that solution does not solve my problem. I tried doing 

composer -vvv create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel fullstackart "5.6"

but got the following exception

[InvalidArgumentException]                                
  Could not find package laravel/laravel with version 5.6.

I also tried 

composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name-here dev-develop

and had a similar error saying package not found.

Has anyone else had this problem and found any solution which I have not mentioned here? Would greatly appreciate any suggestions

natral
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    Which version of PHP do you have? Laravel 5.6 requires `>= 7.1.3`, while Laravel 5.5 requires `>= 7.0.0`. – Robert Jul 23 '18 at 09:17
  • @robert I think you are right, I have php 7.0.30 installed currently. Thanks – natral Jul 23 '18 at 20:09

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Adding an answer in case the comments are ever deleted. This issue was due to Laravel 5.6 requiring PHP >= 7.1.3, but the OP had 7.0.30 installed.

Since the PHP version didn't meet the minimum requirements for Laravel 5.6, Laravel 5.5 was installed.

patricus
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