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How to install PHP on Ubuntu 18.04

Description

In this article we will learn How to install PHP on Ubuntu 18.04. PHP, which stands for "Hypertext Preprocessor," is a general-purpose programming language that is open-source and extensively used. It is especially well-suited for the building of websites and may be integrated in HTML.

Follow the below steps to How to install PHP on Ubuntu 18.04.

Step 1 Update server​

In the first step, you need to use the sudo apt update command to download and install all the available updates. You can then use the sudo apt upgrade command to update packages to the current version, as shown below.

apt-get update

updating package

Step 2 Install PHP ​

At this point, you need to install PHP by running the command sudo apt-get install php.

apt-get install php

installing php

Step 3 checking the php version​

When the installation is finished, use the php --version command to check the version of PHP that was installed. as shown below.

checking the version of php

Step 4 Test your First PHP Program​

Congratulations PHP has now been set up correctly. Let's make our first PHP programme create a file testing.php and enter below lines and run it by typing php testing.php.

<?php
```phpinfo();
?>
php testing.php

testing of my script

I really hope that you have a complete understanding of all the processes to how to install PHP on Ubuntu 18.04.

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