Currently I am using Laravel 4.2.
I have tried this command - composer global require laravel/installer
It is installing the 4.2 Version itself. I need to update it to the latest version. Any suggestions..
My PHP version is 7.3
If you meant upgrade Laravel installer, just reinstall
composer global remove laravel/installer
composer global require laravel/installer
4.2 is the latest version of the installer(not the framework), you could install Laravel framework 8.0 using Laravel installer 4.2 https://packagist.org/packages/laravel/installer
You can create a Laravel 8 project using the below command:
laravel new example-app
cd example-app
php artisan --version
php artisan --version should show the latest version of the Laravel framework
If you meant to upgrade your current Laravel 4.2 project to 8.0, you need to upgrade to 5(5.0 - 5.8) first, then 6, then 7, and then 8.
Below is how to upgrade from 4.2 to 5.0 https://laravel.com/docs/5.0/upgrade#upgrade-5.0
But the path is too long, it's better to create new latest one and just copy-paste the route and controller.