How do I install PHP 7 (PHP next generation) on Ubuntu

Question

How do I install PHP 7 (PHP next generation) on Ubuntu?

I wanted to install PHP 7 on a clean install of Ubuntu to see what issues I would face.

Here’s the of

Answer 1

On Ubuntu 16

apt-get update

apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt

this installed php7

Answer 2

I compiled myself php 7 by following this => http://blog.idojo.co/how-to-setup-a-lamp-stack-with-all-the-latest-softwares/ , the instructions were pretty easy, adjust the configure options to your needs, the default configure options worked fine for me on ubuntu server 14.04....

The lamp stack includes, Apache 2.4.18 , MySQL 5.7.10 and PHP 7.0.4

Answer 3

You can use php-build to build and install PHP 7 (and other PHP versions). It can be much easier if you are not familiar with PHP building procedure.