
PHP is a most popular server scripting language used for creating dynamic and interactive Web pages. PHP is widely-used programming language in the Web. This tutorial explains how to install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 20.04
By default, Ubuntu 20.04 ships with PHP version 7.4, which is supported by the most popular CMS and frameworks such as WordPress, Magento, and Laravel.
Step 1 – Prerequisites
Before start installation, make sure your are logged in as root or user with sudo privileges.
Step 2 – Update system
Update the package index list, it’s recommend to update software repositories and install packages to sync with latest releases.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Step 3 – Install PHP on Ubuntu
At this step your system is up to date and ready to install PHP. Run the following command to install PHP 7.4.
Installing PHP with Apache
For Apache web server to install PHP and Apache PHP module run the following commands:
sudo apt install php php-common libapache2-mod-php
Installing PHP with Nginx
By default, Nginx doesn’t have a built-in support for processing PHP files. So we need to use PHP FPM service to handle the PHP files.
sudo apt install php php-common php-fpm
After that, you need to edit domain Nginx server block and add following lines to work PHP file using Nginx:
server {
# . . . other code
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
}
Save the configuration file and restart the nginx service for the new configuration take effect:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Step 4 – Installing PHP Extensions
You can install PHP extensions as per requirements. Run below command to install most common PHP extensions required for basic usage.
sudo apt install php-cli php-json php-pdo php-mysql php-zip php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath
Step 5 – Testing PHP
Once the installation complete, you can verify version by typing:
php --version
PHP 7.4.3 (cli) (built: Mar 26 2020 20:24:23) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.4.3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
Conclusion
This tutorial explained how to install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 20.04 and configure your web server to process PHP files.
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