Parse error: parse error, expecting `'{'' Laravel - php

Question

I ran php artisan route:list in eclipse folder of a laravel project and got this error. I have checked the file and there is { there.
$ php artisan route:list
Warning: Unsupported declare 'strict_types' in
/Users/frankukachukwu/eclipse-workspace/essenceglobalmart.net/ap
p/vendor/zendframework/zend-diactoros/src/functions/create_uploaded_file.php
on line 8
Parse error: parse error, expecting `'{'' in
/Users/frankukachukwu/eclipse-workspace/essenceglobalmart.net/app/
vendor/zendframework/zend-diactoros/src/functions/create_uploaded_file.php
on line 19
<?php
/**
* #see https://github.com/zendframework/zend-diactoros for the canonical source repository
* #copyright Copyright (c) 2018 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (https://www.zend.com)
* #license https://github.com/zendframework/zend-diactoros/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
*/
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace Zend\Diactoros;
/**
* Create an uploaded file instance from an array of values.
*
* #param array $spec A single $_FILES entry.
* #throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException if one or more of the tmp_name,
* size, or error keys are missing from $spec.
*/
function createUploadedFile(array $spec) : UploadedFile {
if (! isset($spec['tmp_name'])
|| ! isset($spec['size'])
|| ! isset($spec['error'])
) {
throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
'$spec provided to %s MUST contain each of the keys "tmp_name",'
. ' "size", and "error"; one or more were missing',
__FUNCTION__
));
}
return new UploadedFile(
$spec['tmp_name'],
$spec['size'],
$spec['error'],
isset($spec['name']) ? $spec['name'] : null,
isset($spec['type']) ? $spec['type'] : null
);
}

Answer 1

It seems the package that you are using is not compatible with your PHP version
You need a compatible PHP version, which is 7.0.0 - 7.0.5 || ^7.0.7.
To solve this issue you can either update your PHP version or downgrade package