From 33bea08c76afc3d163620eef0e6d4779dbcc30eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dries Vints <dries@vints.io>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 17:22:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Drop support for PHP 7.2

---
 .github/workflows/tests.yml | 2 +-
 src/NewCommand.php          | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5f61075b..edef6c5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        php: [7.2, 7.3, 7.4]
+        php: [7.3, 7.4]
 
     name: PHP ${{ matrix.php }}
 
diff --git a/src/NewCommand.php b/src/NewCommand.php
index ed3e8af2..64b4682b 100644
--- a/src/NewCommand.php
+++ b/src/NewCommand.php
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ protected function configure()
      */
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
+        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.3.0', '<')) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Installer not available for PHP 7.2. Please use "composer create-project laravel/laravel" instead.');
+        }
+
         if (! extension_loaded('zip')) {
             throw new RuntimeException('The Zip PHP extension is not installed. Please install it and try again.');
         }

From d3edd2a49e7be27d9d300e6ed951f65da4278549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylor@laravel.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 10:24:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update NewCommand.php

---
 src/NewCommand.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/NewCommand.php b/src/NewCommand.php
index 64b4682b..cf7f54b0 100644
--- a/src/NewCommand.php
+++ b/src/NewCommand.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ protected function configure()
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
         if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '7.3.0', '<')) {
-            throw new RuntimeException('Installer not available for PHP 7.2. Please use "composer create-project laravel/laravel" instead.');
+            throw new RuntimeException('The Laravel installer requires PHP 7.3.0 or greater. Please use "composer create-project laravel/laravel" instead.');
         }
 
         if (! extension_loaded('zip')) {