diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6a8e9e99569..2bd3a122cf4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
"optimize-autoloader": true,
"sort-packages": true,
"platform": {
- "php": "7.4"
+ "php": "8.0"
},
"allow-plugins": {
"bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": true
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
}
},
"require": {
+ "php": "^8.0",
"ext-json": "*",
"ext-libxml": "*",
"ext-mbstring": "*",
diff --git a/lib/versioncheck.php b/lib/versioncheck.php
index 8477442935a..7c95b333102 100644
--- a/lib/versioncheck.php
+++ b/lib/versioncheck.php
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
* along with this program. If not, see .
*
*/
-// Show warning if a PHP version below 7.4 is used,
-if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70400) {
+// Show warning if a PHP version below 8.0 is used,
+if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 80000) {
http_response_code(500);
- echo 'This version of Nextcloud requires at least PHP 7.4
';
+ echo 'This version of Nextcloud requires at least PHP 8.0
';
echo 'You are currently running ' . PHP_VERSION . '. Please update your PHP version.';
exit(1);
}