Install PHP5 on Ubuntu

PHP is a general-purpose scripting language suited for Web development. The PHP script can be embedded into HTML. This section explains how to install and configure PHP5 in Ubuntu System


Installation

To install PHP5 you can enter the following command in the terminal prompt:

sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

You can run PHP5 scripts from command line. To run PHP5 scripts from command line you should install php5-cli package. To install php5-cli you can enter the following command in the terminal prompt:

sudo apt-get install php5-cli

You can also execute PHP5 scripts without installing PHP5 Apache module. To accomplish this, you should install php5-cgi package. You can run the following command in a terminal prompt to install php5-cgi package:

sudo apt-get install php5-cgi

To use MySQL with PHP5 you should install php5-mysql package. To install php5-mysql you can enter the following command in the terminal prompt:

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql