PHP Version Update

Update PHP Version, Update Apache2 PHP Version, Swich PHP version on Ubuntu

Clean All PHP

sudo aptitude purge `dpkg -l | grep php| awk '{print $2}' |tr "\n" " "`

Update PHP version

• Update php version

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

• install php 7.4

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt-get install -y php7.4
  

Swich PHP version

• Swich Terminal PHP version

  sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.4
  

• Swich php-fpm version ```sh

# Update Apache2 PHP version

- Install apache2 mods
```sh
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install -y libapache2-mod-php7.4

• Enter apache2 mods directory

  cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
  

• Check current php vesion

  ls -l |grep php
  

• Remove php[version].conf and php[version].load file

• Create link file for new php version

  ln -s ../mods-enabled/php[version].conf php[version].conf 
  ln -s ../mods-enabled/php[version].load php[version].load 
  

• Restart apache2

  sudo systemctl restart apache2
  

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