install php latest version ubuntu code example

Example 1: install php 7.4 on ubuntu 20.04

sudo apt update
sudo apt install php7.4
sudo apt install php7.4-common php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-imagick php7.4-cli php7.4-dev php7.4-imap php7.4-mbstring php7.4-opcache php7.4-soap php7.4-zip php7.4-intl -y

Example 2: apt install php

# Update packages lists
sudo apt update

# Install Apache2 (on Ubuntu, mostly it's already installed)
sudo apt install apache2

# Install the latest version of PHP and Apache wrapper
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php

# Install some important PHP extensions, you might need to install more later
sudo apt install php-{bcmath,bz2,curl,gd,json,mbstring,mysql,xml,zip}

# Install MySQL server, and remember to run mysql_secure_installation script after that
sudo apt install mysql-server

# Start MySQL service
sudo systemctl start mysql

# Restart Apache service to reload all changes
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Example 3: install php 7.4 ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt install php php-cli php-fpm php-json php-pdo php-mysql php-zip php-gd  php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-pear php-bcmath