PHP Parse Error when setting up crontab job

[alexbay]

I created crontab as explained in the documentation, but it doesn't work.

I tried to run the commands manually and here is what I get:

/usr/bin/php /var/www/admin/www/<website>/update/cron.php

PHP Fatal error:  Can't use method return value in write context in /var/www/admin/www/<website>/update/cron.php on line 57

/usr/bin/php /var/www/admin/www/<website>/bin/magento setup:cron:run

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected 'class' (T_CLASS), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or '{' or '$' in /var/www/admin/www/<website>/vendor/magento/framework/App/Bootstrap.php on line 411

Magento version: Magento-CE-2.1.2-2016-10-11-11-16-47

PHP Version: 5.6.14

[alexbay · Accepted solution]

PHP CLI was actually 5.4. So fixed it myself.

[gowsi]

Getting same issue what have to do?