Comments on: How to Install PHP 8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:15:04 +0000

In reply to Pete. @Pete, To install PHP 8.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver), you'll need to use a third-party repository called 'Ondřej Surý PPA' since PHP 8.2 is not available in the official Ubuntu repositories.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install php8.2
$ php -v

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 11:50:26 +0000

I’ve been using these instructions to install PHP8.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver). When I attempt to install PHP it can’t find 8.2 in the repository for Bionic. Has this PHP version been removed for Bionic?

Thanks

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 04:27:02 +0000

In reply to Carl Z.

@Carl,

Try install PHP 8.0 mysql extension and see…

$ sudo apt install php8.0-mysql

By: Carl Z

Carl Z — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:15:44 +0000

WordPress complaining that the mysql extension is missing when updated to php8 also says I have version 8.1. Tried installing the module on apache as:

$ sudo apt-get install php8.1-mysql

and nothing happens…

By: Ravi Saive

Ravi Saive — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 05:00:05 +0000

In reply to zeuf.

@Zeuf,

Follow the given instructions, you will get 8.0.1 only, as this is a minor version.