# Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version "\>= 8.4.0"

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/composer-detected-issues-in-your-platform-your-composer-dependencies-require-a-php-version-8-4-0/55423>\
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**Created:** [March 29, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/composer-detected-issues-in-your-platform-your-composer-dependencies-require-a-php-version-8-4-0/55423 "2026-03-29T18:57:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/composer-detected-issues-in-your-platform-your-composer-dependencies-require-a-php-version-8-4-0/55423/1 "2026-03-29T18:57:54Z")

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But my website has PHP 8.4.0. Why is the Blog post saying this? Strangly it orevies fine locally, just not when published.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/composer-detected-issues-in-your-platform-your-composer-dependencies-require-a-php-version-8-4-0/55423/2 "2026-03-29T19:03:36Z")

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Your control panel might say PHP 8.4 as the default but the individual website might be on a lower version. If you are using cPanel this is common.

Create a `phpinfo.php` page on your website and add the below code:

```auto
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

```

The check that page in the browser to confirm which version of PHP your website is running on.

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**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/composer-detected-issues-in-your-platform-your-composer-dependencies-require-a-php-version-8-4-0/55423/3 "2026-03-29T19:19:40Z")

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Thanks, I will do this but it was working fine the last time I checked about 5 days ago. I am using cPanel.

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**Author:** ![jwDave](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jwdave/32/31841_2.png) [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/composer-detected-issues-in-your-platform-your-composer-dependencies-require-a-php-version-8-4-0/55423/4 "2026-03-29T20:24:31Z")

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You are correct! It reports 8.3 even though I have upgraded to 8.4. I will contact their support people at exacthosting tomorrow. They really are the pits! I am moving my domains from them 1 by 1 as we speak. It’s a shame, ChillidogHosting were great but of course I understand why they sold…