As you might have heard, Laravel 5.6
is out with lots of new stuff packed for developers.
Here's what you need to know before migrating your website from Laravel5.5
to Laravel 5.6
Laravel 5.6
requires you to have PHP 7.1.13
or higher
So if you're looking to migrate your project to Laravel 5.6
, you need to make sure your machine is running on PHP
7.1.13
or higher.
Update your composer.json
file
Change phpunit/phpunit version to ~7.0
Well thats the most basic steps to do, try & run composer update
& see if everything works as it was before.
You may follow this guide for more detailed information.
Also Read: How to Learn Laravel