How to push Laravel 5.4 project to a server with PHP CLI version 5.4.16?

Asked by: Joshua Leung

My client uses a server with Apache PHP version 5.6.30 but the CLI PHP version is 5.4.16. And they can't change the CLI PHP version.

I use Git && SSH to push the project to the server from my local machine. But since the CLI PHP version is 5.4.16, I can't run

composer install

I will get these messages

Problem 1
    - This package requires php >=5.6.4 but your PHP version (5.4.16) does not satisfy that requirement.
  Problem 2
    - symfony/var-dumper v3.3.2 requires php >=5.5.9 -> your PHP version (5.4.16) does not satisfy that requirement.
    - symfony/var-dumper v3.3.2 requires php >=5.5.9 -> your PHP version (5.4.16) does not satisfy that requirement.
    - Installation request for symfony/var-dumper v3.3.2 -> satisfiable by symfony/var-dumper[v3.3.2].

The phpinfo() tells that the version of PHP is 5.6.30. So I guess that part should be fine. But I don't know that to solve this situation.

When I go to the website, I get these error messages:

Warning: require(/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/vendor/composer/ClassLoader.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/vendor/composer/autoload_real.php on line 12

Warning: require(/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/vendor/composer/ClassLoader.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/vendor/composer/autoload_real.php on line 12

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/vendor/composer/ClassLoader.php' (include_path='.:/opt/plesk/php/5.6/share/pear') in /var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/vendor/composer/autoload_real.php on line 12

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