Install PHP 8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Let’s see how to install Install PHP 8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Adding a PPA for PHP 8
Next, you need to use a PPA for PHP 8. Head back to your terminal and add the ondrej/php
which contains the latest PHP 8 package and compatible PHP extensions:
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
Now you are ready to install PHP 8.
Installing PHP 8 for Apache Server
Let’s now see how to install PHP 8
Execute the following command to install PHP 8
sudo apt install php8.0
After the installation has completed, you can confirm the installation using the following command
php -v
Installing PHP 8 FPM for Nginx
For Nginx you need to install FPM, execute the following command to install PHP 8 FPM
sudo apt install php8.0-fpm
After the installation has completed, confirm that PHP 8 FPM has installed correctly with this command
php-fpm8.0 -v
Install PHP 8 Extensions
Installing PHP extensions are simple with the following syntax.
sudo apt install php8.0-extension_name
Now, install some commonly used php-extensions
with the following command.
sudo apt install php8.0-common php8.0-mysql php8.0-xml php8.0-curl php8.0-gd php8.0-imagick php8.0-cli php8.0-dev php8.0-imap php8.0-mbstring php8.0-opcache php8.0-soap php8.0-zip -y