In this article, we’ll see how to install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 20.04. PHP is a very popular server scripting language, and it is widely used for creating dynamic and interactive web pages.
Steps to Install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 20.10/20.04
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Step 1: Update Ubuntu system
sudo apt update
Step 2: Install php and required package on Ubuntu
sudo apt install php php-xml php-cli php-json php-common php-mysql php-fpm php-zip php-gd php-mbstring php-pear php-bcmath php-curl
Sample Output:
root@php:~# sudo apt install php php-xml php-cli php-json php-common php-mysql php-fpm php-zip php-gd php-mbstring php-pear php-bcmath php-curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
php-common is already the newest version (2:76).
php-common set to manually installed.
php-gd is already the newest version (2:7.4+76).
php-gd set to manually installed.
php-mysql is already the newest version (2:7.4+76).
php-mysql set to manually installed.
php-xml is already the newest version (2:7.4+76).
php-xml set to manually installed.
php-bcmath is already the newest version (2:7.4+76).
php-bcmath set to manually installed.
php-mbstring is already the newest version (2:7.4+76).
php-mbstring set to manually installed.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
virtualbox-guest-utils
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
libzip5 php7.4 php7.4-curl php7.4-fpm php7.4-zip
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libzip5 php php-cli php-curl php-fpm php-json php-pear php-zip php7.4
php7.4-curl php7.4-fpm php7.4-zip
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Creating config file /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini with new version
NOTICE: Not enabling PHP 7.4 FPM by default.
NOTICE: To enable PHP 7.4 FPM in Apache2 do:
NOTICE: a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
NOTICE: a2enconf php7.4-fpm
NOTICE: You are seeing this message because you have apache2 package installed.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/php7.4-fpm.service
→ /lib/systemd/system/php7.4-fpm.service.
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Creating config file /etc/php/7.4/mods-available/zip.ini with new version
Setting up php-fpm (2:7.4+76) ...
Setting up php-cli (2:7.4+76) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/php.default to provide /usr/bin/php (php) i
n auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/phar.default to provide /usr/bin/phar (phar
) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/phar.phar.default to provide /usr/bin/phar.
phar (phar.phar) in auto mode
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Processing triggers for php7.4-fpm (7.4.9-1ubuntu1.1) ...
NOTICE: Not enabling PHP 7.4 FPM by default.
NOTICE: To enable PHP 7.4 FPM in Apache2 do:
NOTICE: a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
NOTICE: a2enconf php7.4-fpm
NOTICE: You are seeing this message because you have apache2 package installed.
root@php:~#
Step 3: Verify the php version
$ php --version
Step 4: Listing all loaded PHP modules:
$ php -m
Sample Output:
root@php:~# php -m [PHP Modules] bcmath calendar Core ctype curl date dom exif FFI fileinfo filter ftp gd gettext hash iconv json ldap libxml mbstring mysqli mysqlnd openssl pcntl pcre PDO pdo_mysql Phar posix readline Reflection session shmop SimpleXML sockets sodium SPL standard sysvmsg sysvsem sysvshm tokenizer xml xmlreader xmlwriter xsl Zend OPcache zip zlib [Zend Modules] Zend OPcache root@php:~#
If you are looking for installing php version for ubuntu 18.04.
Steps to Install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 18.04/16.04
Step 1: Install Prerequisite package
sudo apt-get update sudo apt -y install software-properties-common
Step 2: Add PHP repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt-get update
Step 3: Install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 18.04/19.04/16.04
sudo apt -y install php7.4
Step 4: Verify the PHP version
$ php -v
Step 5: Install additional package
sudo apt-get install -y php7.4-{bcmath,bz2,intl,gd,mbstring,mysql,zip,common}
Location for php config : /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
Step to configure PHP 7.4 with Nginx on Ubuntu
If you want to use Nginx and PHP instead of apache2
Step 1: Disable Apache on Ubuntu
sudo systemctl disable --now apache2
Sample Output:
root@php:~# sudo systemctl disable --now apache2 Synchronizing state of apache2.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install. Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install disable apache2 Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/apache2.service. root@php:~#
Step 2: Install fpm extension and nginx packages
sudo apt-get install nginx php7.4-fpm
Check Nginx Version:
root@php:~# nginx -v nginx version: nginx/1.18.0 (Ubuntu) root@php:~#
FPM configuration file is /etc/php/7.4/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
Step 3: Verify status of fpm and nginx
$ systemctl status php7.4-fpm
$ systemctl status nginx
End of article – You’ve learned how Install PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu 20.10/20.04/18.04/16.04.
