<p>I'm afraid Craft 3 requires PHP 7. <a href="https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html</a></p>

<p>Craft 2 will work with older PHP versions  (5.3 to 7.1.x) so you could fall back to using that. <a href="https://docs.craftcms.com/v2/requirements.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.craftcms.com/v2/requirements.html</a></p>

<p>Other than that, I'd say you would need a different host in order to run Craft 3.</p>

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<p>I took the manual install route, unzipped the latest Craft version, and edited the .env file with my database settings, but when I direct my browser to <code>/craft/web/index.php</code> I get a plain page with </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Craft requires PHP 7.0 or later. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>I have Bluehost Shared Site and have tried setting my PHP version to 7, but that justs adds a PHP 7 handler to my <code>.htaccess</code> file.  When I check the PHP version through the console it still says 5.6.</p>

<p>I have tried the composer route, and added <code>--ignore-platform-reqs</code>, but when I get to the <code>./craft setup</code> step I get the exact same message. </p>

<p>I'm just not sure what to do from here.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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'Craft requires PHP 7.0 or later'
# 'Craft requires PHP 7.0 or later'

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-23)

I took the manual install route, unzipped the latest Craft version, and edited the .env file with my database settings, but when I direct my browser to `/craft/web/index.php` I get a plain page with

> Craft requires PHP 7.0 or later.

I have Bluehost Shared Site and have tried setting my PHP version to 7, but that justs adds a PHP 7 handler to my `.htaccess` file. When I check the PHP version through the console it still says 5.6.

I have tried the composer route, and added `--ignore-platform-reqs`, but when I get to the `./craft setup` step I get the exact same message.

I'm just not sure what to do from here.

Thanks

**Tags:** php, install


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-23. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I'm afraid Craft 3 requires PHP 7. <https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/requirements.html>

Craft 2 will work with older PHP versions (5.3 to 7.1.x) so you could fall back to using that. <https://docs.craftcms.com/v2/requirements.html>

Other than that, I'd say you would need a different host in order to run Craft 3.


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