Composer update doesn't work in my case - php

Question

I installed Laravel 5.0 at my websites (via FTP). Then I tried to connect via SSH and update using Composer. However I am getting this error. (My PHP is version 5.5, I checked the phpinfo function).
PHP Notice: Undefined index: argv in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 55
PHP Warning: array_shift() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 59
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
PHP Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
[ErrorException]
Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.28
Content-type: text/html
Warning: Composer should be invoked via the CLI version of PHP, not the cgi-fcgi SAPI
Notice: Undefined index: argv in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 55
Warning: array_shift() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 59
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in phar:///home/cluster-sites/58/kerimcaglar.com/laravel/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Input/ArgvInput.php on line 285
I controlled cli -v , I getting this command not found.
Later I tried below:
$ php -d register_argc_argv=1 "./composer.phar" install
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev) from lock file
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- league/flysystem 1.0.16 requires php >=5.4.0 -> your PHP version (5.3.28) or value of "config.platform.php" in composer.json does not satisfy that requirement.
- league/flysystem 1.0.16 requires php >=5.4.0 -> your PHP version (5.3.28) or value of "config.platform.php" in composer.json does not satisfy that requirement.
- Installation request for league/flysystem 1.0.16 -> satisfiable by league/flysystem[1.0.16].

Answer 1

I suspect this is the important error:
Warning: Composer should be invoked via the CLI version of PHP, not the cgi-fcgi SAPI
Try which php to see where your PHP binary is pointing, and then locate bin/php to find out what other versions you have your system.
Also note this:
My PHP is version 5.5; I checked the phpinfo function
Something disagrees with you:
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.28
Try other copies of your PHP binary, discovered with locate, using the fully-qualified path. For example:
/usr/bin/php55-cli composer.php update
If this host has a 5.5 CGI binary and a 5.3 console binary, it is possible they do not know what they are doing - 5.3 should no longer be supported these days. If you do not have any luck fixing it yourself, create a support ticket and ask for php to invoke the 5.5 console binary from the shell.
Update: following from the conversation in the comments, it looks like the above has fixed one problem and exposed another. The new problem is that your Composer command is getting further, and it is trying to invoke a PHP helper that uses the php binary again. This then causes the original problem (it's the web server binary, and it's 5.3 rather than 5.5).
To resolve this, I suggest you (a) create a local php executable to point to the version you want, and then (b) reset the system path. I would try the following, in your project directory:
ln -s /usr/bin/php55-cli ./php
PATH=. ./php composer.phar update
What this will do is create a symbolic link to the version of PHP that you want, and then reset the system path temporarily to just the current directory.
If this does not fully resolve the issue, you may need to put your symlink in a more permanent place (e.g. ~/bin/php and modify your shell start-up file. Please be willing to play around with this before exclaiming that it does not work - the best way to learn how to do this independently is to try!