Adding a PPA for PHP 7.0 Packages:
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
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FAQ: Error sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found, For Ubuntu 14.04 you need another package:
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apt-get install software-properties-common
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update the local package:
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sudo apt-get update
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Install the PHP7 packages. This will upgrade all of the important PHP packages, with the exception of php5-mysql, which will be removed:
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sudo apt-get install php7.0
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Re-add the updated PHP MySQL:
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sudo apt-get install php7.0-mysql
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Upgrading PHP-FPM with Nginx:
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sudo apt-get install php7.0-fpm
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Ubuntu Apache: “Module php7 does not exist”:
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sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.0
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Configuring and Switching Versions:
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sudo a2dismod php5.6
sudo a2enmod php7.0
sudo service apache2 restart
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phpmyadmin not working due to missing extensions:
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sudo apt-get install php-mbstring php7.0-mbstring php-gettext
sudo service apache2 restart
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NOTICE: Not enabling PHP 7.0 FPM by default, To enable PHP 7.0 FPM in Apache2 do:
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sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
sudo a2enconf php7.0-fpm
sudo service apache2 restart
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