Debian php cli install

This command will list all the packages containing name php , and writes it to a file named packages. Steps above will add the PPA as a source of packages, that contains all PHP packages and their dependencies such as argon2 and libzip. All PHP 8. This command will install several PHP extensions due to php8. You can install additional extensions from the same php8. Refer to the packages.

For development environments, code coverage tools or the Xdebug debugger can be installed as well. Depending on the web server you use, you will need to install additional packages to integrate with the web server. The libapache2-mod-php8. If the new installation is working as expected, you can remove the old PHP packages from the system.

This assumes you are using PHP 7. Change php7. The PHP 8. The default php name will be symlinked to the latest PHP version by default, but it is possible to change where the default php command links to.

This brings up a prompt to interactively select the alternative PHP binary path that php points to. Example 3 Methods for listing additional PHP packages apt-cache search php apt search php grep -i mysql aptitude search php.

See the Debian manual for further details. There are two basic commands for installing packages on Debian and other linux variants : apt and aptitude. However, explaining the subtle differences between these commands goes beyond the scope of this manual. To refresh this document, perhaps it would be worth mentioning more modern methods to serve php content under apache httpd. Thank you! Compiling PHP on Ubuntu boxes. You will need to logout then log back in for php to switch to the local version instead of the installed version add this to.

On Ubuntu since 7. On Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 mysql-client Was missing libedit library fixed by installing libedit-dev and this compilation bug ocurred: bugs. Funny how I contradict myself! Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' k gold badges silver badges bronze badges. When I run rlwrap php5 , enter echo 1; , then hit return then Ctrl-D end of input , it outputs the input echo 1; instead of the result 1.

Thanks for noting that it's a licensing issue. Matthew: I don't know anything about PHP, but trying this on lenny, I see no difference between rlwrap php5 and just php5 , other than the former allowing command line edition.

I agree that php doesn't have a full REPL. But using a version compiled with with working readline support e. I agree there's no significant difference between rlwrap and no readline at all besides line-editing and history, which are nice but not as useful as immediate output. Matthew: Ah, so readline support does more than just link with readline, it also changes the behavior of the program?

That seems weird. Then you can rebuild from source, or use the dotdeb packages if they work for you. RoboTamer RoboTamer 3 3 bronze badges. This is actually very helpful, even though it doesn't directly answer the question. I wasn't aware of that, and it shows I misunderstood Gilles earlier. For Ubuntu users, php5-readline is the additional package you need to install to have a usable php command prompt: sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-readline sudo php5enmod readline I had to do this on my Ubuntu Wouter Thielen Wouter Thielen 3 3 bronze badges.

Martin Konecny Martin Konecny 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Ortomala Lokni Ortomala Lokni 3, 2 2 gold badges 25 25 silver badges 53 53 bronze badges. As simple as sudo apt install php7. Done Building dependency tree Reading state information Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libavdevice57 libegl-mesa0:i libegl1:i libgbm1:i libgsasl7 libkyotocabinet16v5 libmailutils5 libmemcached11 libntlm0 libwayland-egl1-mesa:i libwayland-server0:i mailutils-common mysql-client-core Suggested packages: php-pear The following NEW packages will be installed: php7.

Need to get 1. After this operation, 4. Reading database Preparing to unpack Unpacking php7.