How to install PHP on Ubuntu 14.04?

To get you started with installing PHP and Apache on VPS or Dedicated server running Ubuntu 14.04 OS use following command:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

apt-get install -y apache2

After this, you may verify that the Apache gets installed by opening the browser and going to link- http://your-ip-address

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Now, that you’ve installed Apache, it’s time to install PHP with following command:

apt-get install -y php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt php5-cli

After that, you need to verify if everything works accurately, just create a PHP info file as given below:

cd /var/www/html/

vi index.php

Then, paste following command in the file:

phpinfo();

Then close the file as below,

:wq

Now, since the file has been written, restart Apache

apachectl restart

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