Laravel local insists PHP 7.1.5 even though WAMP running PHP 5.6.32

I have a WAMP installation and selected PHP 5.6.32 as the version to run. When I run php artisan serve, the phpinfo() call returns PHP 7.1.5 Development Server

My host has PHP version 5.6.32 installed and I'd like to get Laravel working locally with something other than PHP 7.

What can I do here as the deployment to my host isn't working.

I'm running Laravel version 5.5.32

via Chebli Mohamed