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In this Article, We will install PHP 8.0, 7.4, 7.3, 7.2 on ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04
To add the PHP 8.0 repo in ubuntu, Use the following commands with root privileges.
sudo -i
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/phpInstall PHP 8.0
To install PHP 8.0, We need to update the ubuntu current repository and after that We need to install PHP 8.0 by following the commands.
apt-get update
apt-get install php8.0 -yCheck PHP Version
To verify the PHP use the following commands.
php -vTo add the PHP 7.4 repo in ubuntu, Use the following commands with root privileges.
sudo -i
apt-get install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/phpInstall PHP 7.4
To install PHP 7.4, We need to update the ubuntu current repository and after that We need to install PHP 7.4 by following the commands.
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.4 -yCheck PHP Version
To verify the PHP use the following commands.
php -v
You should get output like this.
PHP 7.4.1 (cli) (built: Dec 18 2019 14:44:04) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.4.1, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
Install PHP modules
Once installed PHP 7.4 on ubuntu machine, We required some PHP modules to make connectivity with mysql, zip, pear and more, To install PHP modules use the following commands.
apt-get install php7.4-curl php-pear php7.4-gd php7.4-dev php7.4-zip php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-xmlTo check installed PHP modules in your machine use the following commands.
php -m How to install PHP 7.3 on ubutnu 16.04
To add the PHP 7.3 repo in ubuntu, Use the following commands with root privileges.
sudo -i
apt-get install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/phpInstall PHP 7.3
To install PHP 7.3, We need to update the ubuntu current repository and after that We need to install PHP 7.3 by following the commands.
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.3 -yCheck PHP Version
To verify the PHP use the following commands.
php -v
You should get output like this.
PHP 7.3.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 (cli) (built: Dec 18 2019 14:48:32) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.13, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.3.13-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
Install PHP modules
Once installed PHP 7.3 on ubuntu machine, We required some PHP modules to make connectivity with mysql, zip, pear and more, To install PHP modules use the following commands.
apt-get install php7.3-curl php-pear php7.3-gd php7.3-dev php7.3-zip php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-xmlTo check installed PHP modules in your machine use the following commands.
php -m How to install PHP 7.2 on ubutnu 16.04
To add the PHP 7.2 repo in ubuntu, Use the following commands with root privileges.
sudo -i
apt-get install software-properties-common
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/phpInstall PHP 7.2
To install PHP 7.2, We need to update the ubuntu current repository and after that We need to install PHP 7.3 by following the commands.
apt-get update
apt-get install php7.2 -yCheck PHP Version
To verify the PHP use the following commands.
php -vYou should get output like this.
PHP 7.2.26-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 (cli) (built: Dec 18 2019 14:57:40) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.2.26-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend TechnologiesInstall PHP modules
Once installed PHP 7.2 on ubuntu machine, We required some PHP modules to make connectivity with mysql, zip, pear and more, To install PHP modules use the following commands.
apt-get install php-pear php7.2-gd php7.2-dev php7.2-zip php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.2-xml php7.2-curl To check installed PHP modules in your machine use the following commands.
php -m
Thank you so much
Thanks for the complement.
Ondrej's Repo no longer supplies packages for 16.04 Xenial as it is EOL.
Unfortunately, it's the last Ubuntu release which can run run on OpenVZ 6 which many VPS hosts still use despite it also being EOL for quite a while.
It is still possible to build the latest release of PHP 7.x (7.4.27) from source code on Ubuntu 16.04 though and with FPM it can also be used with webservers.
Building from source is more complicated than adding a PPA though.