I need to update php to 7.0+ for nextcloud version 14.0.12. I'm running Ubuntu 16-04

Posted May 30, 2019
PHP Ubuntu 16.04

nextcloud: “You are currently running PHP 5.6. The current major version of Nextcloud is the last that is supported on PHP 5.6. It is recommended to upgrade the PHP version to 7.0+ to be able to upgrade to Nextcloud 14.”

Ko Janssen

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Matt Cowley • June 18, 2019

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Hi there @kojanssen,

PHP 7 should now be standard on Ubuntu 16.04 - I would suggest running sudo apt-get install php which should install the new version of PHP for you.

Let me know how it goes! - Matt.

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