Laravel globally installs 4.1.1 instead of 8.0.1 - php

Question

I am trying to install laravel 8 globally but it is installing version 4.1.1 every time. I use this code:
composer global require laravel/installer
Then i check version by writing this:
laravel -V
How can i install the latest version?
Note: it only happens when i install it globally

Answer 1

When you run composer global require laravel/installer it installs the Laravel Installer globally. The installers latest release is 4.1.1 - see Github releases
To create a new Laravel 8 project you need to run
$ laravel new example-app
after you installed the installer. Find these steps in the Laravel docs.
Determine the version
Option 1
Run php artisan --version in your folder where you installed your project.
Option 2
After you created your project you can go into the folder where you installed it, f. ex. example-app, and chech the file composer.json.
There you can find a require section with the packages laravel/framework telling you the correct version.
{
// ... other stuff
"require": {
// ... other packages
"laravel/framework": "^8.12",
}
}
You probably need to familiarize yourself with Composer and how package management works.