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PHP, the popular scripting language for web development, announced new 8.4 release last week. Here’s how to install or upgrade to Php 8.4 in Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04 to work with Apache2 or Nginx web server.

PHP 8.4 introduced a number of new features such as property hooks, asymmetric visibility, lazy objects, an object API for BCMath, new array functions, and new JIT implementation based on IR Framework. See the release page for more.

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This is a step by step beginner’s guide shows how to install the latest version of Nginx web server (either mainline or stable) in Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop or Server.

Nginx is a popular free and open-source web server, that can be also used as reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.

For a just working version, user can run command sudo apt install nginx-full to install it from Ubuntu system repository, which however is always old.

For the latest version, there are 2 ways to install the web server. Besides building from source, they include Ubuntu PPA and Nginx’s official repository.

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LEMP Ubuntu 14.04

Want to build a website on your Ubuntu Server? Well, LEMP may be a good choice and here’s how to install and set it up.

LEMP stands for Linux, Nginx (pronounced “engine x”), MySQL and PHP. The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. So it’s a good alternative to Apache webserver for building websites on low memory hosts.

To get started, log in your Ubuntu Server and follow the steps below:

1. Install MySQL

MySQL is a database management system which stores and organizes references to the information the webserver needs.

To install Mysql 5.5.36, run command:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

To install Mysql 5.6.16, run:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6 mysql-client-5.6

While the installing process, you’ll be asked to type a password for MySQL root user.

2. Install Nginx

Nginx 1.4.6 is available in Ubuntu repositories. To install it, run:

sudo apt-get install nginx

If you want, install the latest stable Nginx 1.4.7 from PPA:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nginx

Once installed, start the web service via:

sudo service nginx start

And check out if it is working by going to http://serverip

nginx is working ubuntu 14.04

nginx is working ubuntu 14.04

3. Install PHP5

PHP is a reflective programming language, which makes it possible for all these different parts to work together.

We can make PHP5 work in nginx through PHP-FPM, which is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.

Run command below to install php5-fpm:

sudo apt-get install php5-fpm

4. Setup Nginx

The nginx configuration files are available in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, read this configuration example.

To modify the default site example:

sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Here you can define the root directory (to put WordPress files there), your site domain name, as well as other settings. See the example below:

server {
	listen 80 default_server;
	listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

	root /usr/share/nginx/html;
	index index.php index.html index.htm;

	# Make site accessible from http://localhost/
	server_name localhost;

	location / {

		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;

	}

	location /doc/ {
		alias /usr/share/doc/;
		autoindex on;
		allow 127.0.0.1;
		allow ::1;
		deny all;
	}

	#
	error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
	location = /50x.html {
		root /usr/share/nginx/html;
	}

	location ~ \.php$ {

		# With php5-fpm:
                try_files $uri =404;
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
		fastcgi_index index.php;
		include fastcgi_params;
	}

	# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
	# concurs with nginx's one
	#
	location ~ /\.ht {
		deny all;
	}
}

Remember to restart the web service to apply changes:

sudo service nginx reload

5. Check if PHP is working

Create the test file:

sudo vi /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php

Add following lines and save the file:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Go to http://serverip/info.php in client’s web browser and you’ll see:

php is working

php is working

6 Get MySQL working with PHP: Install Xcache (list of PHP accelerators), a free and open PHP opcode cacher for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code, as well as other PHP modules:

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-intl php-pear php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-ming php5-ps php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-xcache

Then restart php5:

sudo service php5-fpm restart

Now reload http://serverip/info.php page and scroll down to find out if there’s a section about MySQL:

mysql is working with php

mysql is working with php

For security reason, remove the info.php after the test:

sudo rm /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php

7. Install Phpmyadmin to manage Mysql Database via web:

First install phpmyadmin:

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

During the installation, it will ask you if you want to configure the database with dbconfig. Go ahead and choose yes.

Input MySQL’s database password when prompted and click ok.

When phpmyadmin prompts you to choose a server (either apache or lighttpd) hit tab, and select neither one.

Second, create a symbolic link between phpMyAdmin and your site’s directory:

sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ /usr/share/nginx/html

Restart nginx and finally you’re able to access phpmyadmin by going to http://serverip/phpmyadmin and typing Mysql username and password.

sudo service nginx restart

Done!

Nginx, php, mysql

This tutorial shows you how to install LEMP stack in Ubuntu 13.10. LEMP stands for Linux, Nginx (pronounced “engine x”), MySQL and PHP. The nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. So it’s a good alternative to Apache webserver for building websites on low memory hosts.

Tutorial Objectives:

  • Install Nginx, Php5, MySQL (LEMP) in Ubuntu 13.10 Server
  • Enjoy!

To get started, first login your Ubuntu Server and follow the steps below:

1. Intall MySQL

MySQL is a database management system which stores and organizes references to the information the webserver needs.

To install it, run command:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

While the installing process, you’ll be asked to type a password for MySQL root user.

2. Install Nginx

Nginx is available in Ubuntu’s repository, run command below to install it:

sudo apt-get install nginx

Or you can install the latest stable version from Nginx PPA:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nginx

Once installed, start Nginx by:

sudo service nginx start

To check out if nginx is working, go to http://serverip:

nginx is working ubuntu 13.10

nginx is working ubuntu 13.10

3. Install PHP5

PHP is a reflective programming language, which makes it possible for all these different parts to work together.

We can make PHP5 work in nginx through PHP-FPM, which is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.

Run command below to install php5-fpm:

sudo apt-get install php5-fpm

4. Setup Nginx

The nginx configuration is in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf, read this configuration example.

Now, let’s modify the default site example:

sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Here you can define root directory (to put WordPress files there), your site domain, as well as other settings. See the example below:

server {
	listen 80 default_server;
	listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

	root /usr/share/nginx/html;
	index index.php index.html index.htm;

	# Make site accessible from http://localhost/
	server_name localhost;

	location / {

		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;

	}

	location /doc/ {
		alias /usr/share/doc/;
		autoindex on;
		allow 127.0.0.1;
		allow ::1;
		deny all;
	}

	#
	error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
	location = /50x.html {
		root /usr/share/nginx/html;
	}

	location ~ \.php$ {

		# With php5-fpm:
                try_files $uri =404;
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
		fastcgi_index index.php;
		include fastcgi_params;
	}

	# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
	# concurs with nginx's one
	#
	location ~ /\.ht {
		deny all;
	}
}

After that, reload Nginx:

sudo service nginx reload

4. Check out if PHP is working

Create the test file:

sudo vi /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php

Add following lines and save the file:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Go to http://serverip/info.php in client’s web browser and you’ll see:

php is working

php is working

5. Get MySQL working with PHP

Install Xcache, a free and open PHP opcode cacher for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code, as well as other PHP modules:

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-intl php-pear php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-ming php5-ps php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-xcache

Then restart php5:

sudo service php5-fpm restart

Now reload http://serverip/info.php page and scroll down to find out if there’s a section about MySQL:

mysql is working with php

mysql is working with php

Now your LEMP server is up and running, see how to install wordpress on Ubuntu 13.10