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LearnRemember / UBUNTU



Update

Add repo ondrej 
  
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt -y install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2
sudo apt-get update

Install 

 
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install php7.4

php -v

php.ini 

 
sudo gedit /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini 

sudo diff -y -W 120 --suppress-common-lines 
    /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini 
    /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
Install some commonly used extensions 
 
sudo apt install php7.4-common 
sudo apt install php7.4-mysql
sudo apt install php-curl

Enable PHP 

 
sudo a2dismod php7.2
sudo a2enmod php7.4
Restart apache 
 
systemctl restart apache2

# sudo service apache2 restart

Switch

Switch between php versions. 
 
sudo a2dismod php8.0
sudo a2enmod php8.3
systemctl restart apache2

CLI default

To set PHP 8.3 as the default version in the CLI use: 
 
sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php8.3

php --version
PHP 8.3.13 (cli) (built: Oct 30 2024 11:27:07) (NTS)





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