diff --git a/lam/lib/checkEnvironment.inc b/lam/lib/checkEnvironment.inc
index 352e00e5..b8c9f11a 100644
--- a/lam/lib/checkEnvironment.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/checkEnvironment.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ include_once(__DIR__ . "/../lib/status.inc");
include_once(__DIR__ . "/../lib/config.inc");
// check if PHP >= 5.6.0
-if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.6.0') < 0) {
+if (version_compare(phpversion(), '7.0.0') < 0) {
echo "\n\n";
echo "\n\n";
echo "\n";
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if (version_compare(phpversion(), '5.6.0') < 0) {
echo "\n";
echo "LDAP Account Manager\n";
echo "\n";
- StatusMessage("ERROR", "LAM needs a PHP 5 version which is greater or equal than 5.6.0.", "Please upgrade your PHP installation. The found version is " . phpversion());
+ StatusMessage("ERROR", "LAM needs a PHP 5 version which is greater or equal than 7.0.0.", "Please upgrade your PHP installation. The found version is " . phpversion());
echo "