You need to install a PPA called ondrej/php. This allows you to co-install PHP versions 5.6 and 7.0. The latest version of PHP 7 is 7.0.5 and you will learn how to install the same on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server.
How to install PHP 7 on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS
The procedure to install and configure PHP 7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is as follows:
- Enable ondrej/php on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS
- Update apt cache using sudo apt-get update
- List all PHP 7 packages on Ubuntu using apt-cache search php7 command
- Install PHP 7 packages on Ubuntu by running sudo apt-get install php7.0
- Configure Nginx to use PHP 7 by editing the nginx.conf file
Let us see all commands in details.
Configure a PPA for co-installable PHP 5.6 + 7.0
Type the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install -y language-pack-en-base
$ sudo LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
OR
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Sample outputs:
Update the package index
To resynchronize the package index files from their sources, enter:
$ sudo apt-get update
Sample outputs:
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [64.4 kB] Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease [15.5 kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [696 kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages [23.2 kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en [12.2 kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [15.9 kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [336 kB] Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [13.0 kB] Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US Fetched 1,176 kB in 3s (326 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done |
List all PHP 7 packages
Type the following apt-cache command:
$ apt-cache search php7
Sample outputs:
php7.0-common - Common files for packages built from the PHP source libapache2-mod-php7.0 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) php7.0-cgi - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary) php7.0-cli - command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language php7.0-phpdbg - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (PHPDBG binary) php7.0-fpm - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary) libphp7.0-embed - HTML-embedded scripting language (Embedded SAPI library) php7.0-dev - Files for PHP7.0 module development php7.0-dbg - Debug symbols for PHP7.0 php7.0-curl - CURL module for PHP php7.0-enchant - Enchant module for PHP php7.0-gd - GD module for PHP php7.0-gmp - GMP module for PHP php7.0-imap - IMAP module for PHP php7.0-interbase - Interbase module for PHP php7.0-intl - Internationalisation module for PHP php7.0-ldap - LDAP module for PHP php7.0-mcrypt - libmcrypt module for PHP php7.0-readline - readline module for PHP php7.0-odbc - ODBC module for PHP php7.0-pgsql - PostgreSQL module for PHP php7.0-pspell - pspell module for PHP php7.0-recode - recode module for PHP php7.0-snmp - SNMP module for PHP php7.0-tidy - tidy module for PHP php7.0-xmlrpc - XMLRPC-EPI module for PHP php7.0-xsl - XSL module for PHP php7.0 - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage) php7.0-json - JSON module for PHP php-all-dev - package depending on all supported PHP development packages php7.0-sybase - Sybase module for PHP php7.0-modules-source - PHP 7.0 modules source package php7.0-sqlite3 - SQLite3 module for PHP php7.0-mysql - MySQL module for PHP php7.0-opcache - Zend OpCache module for PHP php7.0-bz2 - bzip2 module for PHP
Install PHP 7
Type the following command to install PHP 7 along with useful php modules such as MySQL, GD, curl and so on:
$ sudo apt-get install php7.0
OR
$ sudo apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd php7.0-json php7.0-mysql php7.0-readline
Sample outputs:
Configure Nginx and PHP 7
Edit your nginx.conf file:
$ sudo vi nginx.conf
OR
$ sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Modify or append as follows:
# Pass all .php files onto a php-fpm/php-fcgi server. location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) { fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$; if (!-f $document_root$fastcgi_script_name) { return 404; } fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; include fastcgi_params; } |
Save and close the file. Reload the nginx server:
$ sudo service nginx reload
Test new PHP 7 installation
Create a file called test.php in /var/www/html/ directory:
<?php phpinfo(); ?> |
Save and close the file. Run it as follows:
http://your-domain/test.php
Sample outputs:
How do I upgrade or patch my php 7.x version?
Type the following two commands:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Sample outputs:
Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libapache2-mod-php7.0 libpcre3 php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-curl php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd php7.0-json php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline 12 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 4,628 kB of archives. After this operation, 13.3 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpcre3 amd64 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2 [144 kB] Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-json amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [17.1 kB] Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-opcache amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [76.0 kB] Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-fpm amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [1,254 kB] Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main libapache2-mod-php7.0 amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [1,191 kB] Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-cli amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [1,248 kB] Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-common amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [507 kB] Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-readline amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [12.2 kB] Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0 all 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [1,248 B] Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-curl amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [26.9 kB] Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-gd amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [27.0 kB] Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main php7.0-mysql amd64 7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 [122 kB] Fetched 4,628 kB in 5s (900 kB/s) (Reading database ... 18668 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libpcre3_1%3a8.31-2ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libpcre3:amd64 (1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2) over (1:8.31-2ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up libpcre3:amd64 (1:8.31-2ubuntu2.2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.7) ... (Reading database ... 18668 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-json_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-json (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-opcache_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-opcache (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-fpm_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... php7.0-fpm stop/waiting Unpacking php7.0-fpm (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../libapache2-mod-php7.0_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libapache2-mod-php7.0 (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-cli_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-cli (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-common_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-common (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-readline_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-readline (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_all.deb ... Unpacking php7.0 (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-curl_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-curl (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-gd_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-gd (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Preparing to unpack .../php7.0-mysql_7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking php7.0-mysql (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) over (7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ... Setting up php7.0-common (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-json (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-opcache (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-readline (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-cli (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-fpm (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... php7.0-fpm start/running, process 9573 Setting up libapache2-mod-php7.0 (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Warning: Could not load Apache 2.4 maintainer script helper. Setting up php7.0 (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-curl (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-gd (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Setting up php7.0-mysql (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php7.0 (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... Warning: Could not load Apache 2.4 maintainer script helper. Processing triggers for php7.0-fpm (7.0.5-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1) ... php7.0-fpm stop/waiting php7.0-fpm start/running, process 11732
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Correction
the correct PPA add command is: add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php – the apt-get prefixing either command option is incorrect
Thanks for the heads up!
For a build from source, take a look at https://gist.github.com/m1st0/1c41b8d0eb42169ce71a .
Hello, how do I install pdo drivers?
Well… not sure what i did wrong but both php version wouldn’t live happily together on my end… (i let php7 install anyways because i’m on a test box)
it would either throw a broken package error unmet dependencies thing and then quit OR it would do the “packages will be removed…”
here’s a copy of my terminal output if anyone is interrested… http://shared.zeroserieux.com/output-cmd.somefile .
Could it be because that box is running linux mint?
Thanks for de tutorial.