apt-get upgrade didn't update PHP but updated its php modules

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

 

I performed

sudo apt-get upgrade

and was expecting to see that PHP version update from 5.6.30 to 5.6.37. To my surprise, php version didn't upgrade but its modules did. I still see 5.6.30 in phpinfo

dpkg --list | grep php


ii  php5.6                           5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    all          server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
ii  php5.6-bcmath                    5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        Bcmath module for PHP
ii  php5.6-cli                       5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1                           amd64        command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language
ii  php5.6-common                    5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1                           amd64        documentation, examples and common module for PHP
ii  php5.6-curl                      5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        CURL module for PHP
ii  php5.6-fpm                       5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1                           amd64        server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (FPM-CGI binary)
ii  php5.6-gd                        5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        GD module for PHP
ii  php5.6-json                      5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        JSON module for PHP
ii  php5.6-mbstring                  5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        MBSTRING module for PHP
ii  php5.6-mysql                     5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        MySQL module for PHP
ii  php5.6-opcache                   5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        Zend OpCache module for PHP
ii  php5.6-readline                  5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        readline module for PHP
ii  php5.6-xml                       5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1                    amd64        DOM, SimpleXML, WDDX, XML, and XSL module for PHP
ii  php5.6-zip                       5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1                           amd64        Zip module for PHP

how to get the php version also upgraded to 5.6.37?

Output of apt-cache policy below:

sudo apt-cache policy php5.6-cli php5.6-common php5.6-fpm php5.6-zip
php5.6-cli:
  Installed: 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1
  Candidate: 5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
  Version table:
     5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
 *** 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
php5.6-common:
  Installed: 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1
  Candidate: 5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
  Version table:
     5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
 *** 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
php5.6-fpm:
  Installed: 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1
  Candidate: 5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
  Version table:
     5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
 *** 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
php5.6-zip:
  Installed: 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1
  Candidate: 5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
  Version table:
     5.6.37-1+ubuntu14.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
 *** 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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