I am trying to launch laravel which is locally hosted on my browser but it gives me the following error
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.', expecting '&' or variable (T_VARIABLE) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/projects/larawiz/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php on line 475
How can I correct this?
Your problem is your version of PHP which I believe you may be using PHP 5.5.
Laravel 5.3 uses the splat operator which is only available in PHP version 5.6
The line you're referring to is : https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/5.3/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php#L475
Which is outlined as part of 5.6 here: http://php.net/manual/en/migration56.new-features.php
Simply put, you either need to upgrade your version of PHP or move back to Lavavel 5.1 which I believe still supports PHP 5.5
Laravel 5.1 Requirements: https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/installation (PHP >= 5.5.9)
Laravel 5.3 Requirements: https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/installation (PHP >= 5.6.4)
