Where to "dig" in a server error related to the PHP composer?

Question

Composer

Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 7.2.5". There has been a critical error on this website.

Launched the site on WordPress. The backup failed to restore. Is the hoster (digitalOcean) updated something or what? The server is hosted on ubuntu, if I'm not mistaken.

Answer 1

require a PHP version ">= 7.2.5"

He directly and without hints writes:
- I need a PHP version greater than 7.2.5 :)
So put the latest 7.4 and everything will be OK ))

Answer 2

You have php < 7.2.5 on your server. Update php.

Answer 3

Try the --ignore-platform-reqs switch, but it's better to update the php version.

Answer 4

Composer detected issues in your platform: Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version ">= 7.2.5". There has been a critical error on this website.