Installing PHP on Ubuntu

[Saaz]

Hello friends,

Have anybody got a better concept for installing php on ubuntu Linux? I have installed Apache already for this purpose (sudo apt-get install apache2 ).Then attempted to install with one method but it sucked all the way..At the same time wish to Install php 5.x.x if possible. Any ideas or inputs?

thanks in advance for help..!!

[Calvin K]

I know that any kind of PHP development,Apache is a vital part of it. Try this quick way to get PHP up and running on your Ubuntu box.First, you’ll want to add the extra repositories to Ubuntu’s sources.list file.

From a command shell, run the following commands:

sudo apt-get install apache2

sudo apt-get install php5

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

if apache is already installed you can avoid the first command.

[SalVatore]

You better install libapache2-mod-php5,if Apache is not parsing the php after you restart.It automatically install when you install the php5 units, but may have been deleted inadvertently by units which want to run a other version of php.You may also required to enable it, by doing sudo a2enmod php5 followed by sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart. If sudo a2enmod php5 returns "$ This module does not exist!", you should purge the libapache2-mod-php5 package and reinstall it.

[Devasis]

Using the package manager Synaptic, it should be within your menu somewhere.It may be nice idea to install Apache2 and php5 on ubuntu as a production environment in the next couple of days and I'm just going to install the ubuntu builds via Synaptic Package Manager. I've already installed the cli version of php5 this way and it works just fine.