I am attempting to deploy my first Laravel project on Hostinger and encountered a version compatibility issue with PHP. During the deployment process, I received the following error:

Your Composer dependencies require a PHP version “>= 8.2.0”

I would like to maintain the PHP version requirement as my application uses features available in PHP 8.2. Here are my questions:

How can I upgrade the PHP version on my Hostinger account to PHP 8.2 or higher?
Are there specific steps I should follow to ensure compatibility between Laravel and the new PHP version on a Hostinger hosted environment?

Thank you for your help!

Here is what I’ve tried so far:

Checked the PHP version on my Hostinger hosting environment, which is currently PHP 7.4.
Looked for options to upgrade PHP in the Hostinger control panel but was unsure about the correct approach.
Considered updating the composer.json file to lower the PHP requirement, but I am unsure if this will cause issues with Laravel’s functionality.