PHP Extensions. Which ones?

Ey @aecsp2000,

You can check for the package versions installed on the system to get the PHP version:

$ sudo apt list --installed | grep php

PHP extensions are compiled libraries that extend the core functionality of PHP. Extensions are available as packages and can be easily installed with apt.

$ sudo apt install php-[extname]

For example, to install MySQL and GD extensions, you would run the following command:

$ sudo apt install php-mysql php-gd

After installing a new PHP extension, depending on your setup, do not forget to restart Apache or PHP FPM service.

Hope that helps,

Sergio Turpín

Hello,

In addition to what has been mentioned already, another way of doing this is using the following command:

php -m

This will show you all of the loaded PHP modules.

Alternatively, you can also create a PHP info file, called info.php for example, with the following content:

<?php

phpinfo();

Then if you were to visit the file via your browser you will see all of the needed PHP configurations on your server.

Best,

Bobby

Hello there,

I just wanted to share this link if someone is looking into installing PHP 8.1 on the latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and also set up a local environment

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-php-8-1-and-set-up-a-local-development-environment-on-ubuntu-22-04

As Bobby already mentioned, you could list all loaded PHP modules with the following command:

php -m

You have installed PHP and verified the version you have running. You also installed any required PHP modules and were able to list the modules that you have loaded.

Regards