Question
How to update PHP on my LEMP stack droplet (ubuntu)?
- Posted on February 18, 2018
- LEMPPHPSystem ToolsUbuntu 16.04
Asked by goforcare
I have a LEMP stack droplet, but I guess DO uses custom versioning or something since php -v returns a message that I don’t have php. I do have it though, its just version 5.5.9 and I’d need at least 5.6 or later.
How could I update php to the latest stable version, or at least to 5.6, without breaking existing stuff on my droplet?
Many thanks
apt-get upgrade does for the reason above
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How and when have you deployed LEMP stack Droplet? As far as I know, the latest ones are based on Ubuntu 16.04, therefore should have PHP v7.0+.
If you’re running older version, such as Ubuntu 14.04, you can follow the How To Upgrade to PHP 7 on Ubuntu 14.04.
Make sure your applications is ready for migration. For example,
mysql_*functions have been removed in PHP 7, so if your applications are dependent on them, they’ll not work.