Trying to install Cashier on Laravel 5.4.36

Question

I am using Laravel 5.4.36 and I am trying to install Cashier using these steps: https://www.nicesnippets.com/blog/laravel-7-cashier-stripe-subscription-tutorial

However when I try to run this line:

sudo composer require laravel/cashier

I get this error:

Problem 1
    - laravel/cashier[v12.6.0, ..., v12.6.1] require illuminate/contracts ^6.0|^7.0|^8.0 -> found illuminate/contra
cts[v6.0.0, ..., v6.20.7, v7.0.0, ..., v7.30.0, v8.0.0, ..., v8.19.0] but these were not loaded, likely because it 
conflicts with another require.
    - Root composer.json requires laravel/cashier ^12.6 -> satisfiable by laravel/cashier[v12.6.0, v12.6.1].

What am I doing wrong and how do I fix this?

Thanks,

Answer 1

When you do

composer require laravel/cashier

this will install the current version of the cashier package that works with the current version of Laravel. You have to check what version of cashier (if any), your current Laravel version installed, supports.