Laravel 13 requires a minimum PHP version of 8.3.According to the official Laravel documentation and release announcements, Laravel 13 has dropped support for PHP 8.2 and explicitly requires PHP 8.3 or higher. The officially supported
PHP version range is PHP 8.3 to 8.5.
Example: Checking Your PHP Version
Before installation or upgrade, you can verify the current environment by running the following command in the terminal:
php -v
If the output shows PHP 8.3.x or a higher version (such as 8.4), your environment meets the requirements for Laravel 13.