Install latest PHP version

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

I want to be free to choose what ever PHP version (could works as fastcgi with Nginx) so I have tried procedures indicated in this official article. However, I got the following error when trying to cp php.ini-development /usr/local/php/php.ini

cp: cannot create regular file '/usr/local/php/php.ini': No such file or directory

So I need to know the suitable procedures for Ubuntu 16.04

manpreet 3 years ago

If You didn't get Your php as Ubuntu package You may need repository for the latest php version:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update

Then follow the package You are interested in, for example:

sudo apt-get install php7.1

Remember to use sudo when needed as George suggested.