Installing Apache 2, PHP 5.6, MySql on Ubuntu 14.04

Step 1: Check versions

# check PHP version

php -v

# check Apache version

apache2 -v

If your Apache version is 2.2, follow Step 2; if version is 2.4, skip to Step 3

Step 2: Add PHP5.6+ repository and update package list

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/apache2
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

This step will upgrade Apache from 2.2 to 2.4. Re-configure your Apache if needed. Backup your existing Apache configurations, enabled sites and mods. You might need to re-install / upgrade some of the mods.

Step 3: Add PHP5.6+ Repository

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update

Step 4: Install PHP 5.6

apt-get install -y php5.6 php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-mbstring php5.6-curl php5.6-cli php5.6-mysql php5.6-gd php5.6-intl php5.6-xsl php5.6-zip libapache2-mod-php5.6

This will install PHP 5.6 and some common packages such as cURL (php5.6-curl) and GD (lib5.6-gd), as well as enable PHP 5.6 in Apache 2.4 (libapache2-mod-php5.6).

Apache will be restarted during the process.

That’s all steps you have to do.

 sudo a2dismod php5
 sudo a2enmod php5.6
 sudo service apache2 restart

Happy Coding! :)