Check PHP version first (#10473)

Check PHP version before anything so we can inform the user instead of them getting generic error 500.

app/Checks.php

@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ use Toastr;
 
 class Checks
 {
-    public static function preBoot()
+    public static function preAutoload()
     {
-        // check php extensions
+        // Check PHP version otherwise it will just say server error
-        if ($missing = self::missingPhpExtensions()) {
+        if (version_compare('7.1.3', PHP_VERSION, '>=')) {
             self::printMessage(
-                "Missing PHP extensions.  Please install and enable them on your LibreNMS server.",
+                'PHP version 7.1.3 or newer is required to run LibreNMS',
-                $missing,
+                null,
                 true
             );
-        }
+        };
     }
 
     /**
@@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ class Checks
         }
     }
 
+    public static function preBoot()
+    {
+        // check php extensions
+        if ($missing = self::missingPhpExtensions()) {
+            self::printMessage(
+                "Missing PHP extensions.  Please install and enable them on your LibreNMS server.",
+                $missing,
+                true
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Post boot Toast messages
      */

bootstrap/autoload.php

@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
 |
 */
 
+@require_once __DIR__ . '/../app/Checks.php';
+\App\Checks::preAutoload();
+
 @include __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-if (!class_exists(\App\Checks::class)) {
-    require __DIR__ . '/../app/Checks.php';
-}
-
 \App\Checks::postAutoload();