i have run composer and laravel on my therminal. but when i run laravel new freeCodeGram it said "The Laravel installer requires PHP 7.3.0 or greater

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PS C:\Users\TOHEEB> composer
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Composer version 1.10.7 2020-06-03 10:03:56        

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PS C:\Users\TOHEEB> node -v
v12.18.0
PS C:\Users\TOHEEB> npm -v
6.14.4
PS C:\Users\TOHEEB> laravel
Laravel Installer 3.1.0
Usage:
  command [options] [arguments]

Options:
  -h, --help            Display this help message
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message
  -V, --version         Display this application version
      --ansi            Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi         Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Available commands:
  help  Displays help for a command
  list  Lists commands
  new   Create a new Laravel application
PS C:\Users\TOHEEB> laravel
Laravel Installer 3.1.0
Usage:
  command [options] [arguments]

Options:
  -h, --help            Display this help message
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message
  -V, --version         Display this application version
      --ansi            Force ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Available commands:
  help  Displays help for a command
  list  Lists commands
  new   Create a new Laravel application
PS C:\Users\TOHEEB> laravel new freeCodeGram

In NewCommand.php line 45:

  The Laravel installer requires PHP 7.3.0 or greater. Please use "composer create-project laravel/laravel" instead.  


new [--dev] [--auth] [-f|--force] [--] [<name>]

PS C:\Users\TOHEEB> php -v
PHP 7.2.28 (cli) (built: Feb 18 2020 12:54:18) ( ZTS MSVC15 (Visual C++ 2017) x64 )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
2 Answers

I have experienced this before, what worked for me was

composer create-project laravel/laravel nameofproject

I'm not familiar with freeCodeGram, but the error is telling you to use Laravel to create a project.

composer create-project laravel/laravel

PHP 7.2 is installed? Check the Laravel documentation on required PHP version to make sure it matches your PHP version.

composer.json will show you what version of Laravel framework is being installed and the required PHP version. Make sure no dependencies require a higher version than what you have installed too.

You can create a project with a specific Laravel version like this:

composer create-project laravel/laravel="5.5.*" myApp
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