{"id":969,"date":"2017-01-04T12:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T06:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=969"},"modified":"2026-08-10T08:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T02:37:48","slug":"install-apache-2-4-php5-6-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/install-apache-2-4-php5-6-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Install apache 2.4, php5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide explains how to install <strong>Apache 2.4 and PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04<\/strong>. Since Ubuntu 16.04 does not provide PHP 5.6 as the default PHP version, an additional PHP repository is required. This setup is useful for applications that depend on PHP 5.6 for compatibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before starting the installation, ensure you have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An <strong>Ubuntu 16.04<\/strong> server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Root or sudo access<\/strong> to the server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A stable <strong>internet connection<\/strong> to download the required packages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic knowledge of <strong>Linux commands and package management<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An application that requires <strong>PHP 5.6<\/strong> for compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IMPLEMENTATION<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Add a PPA repo(Personal Package Archive) to the server.<\/p>\n<p><code>add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej\/php<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Since this post deals with PHP 5.6, we haven&#8217;t included any steps to install a previous version of PHP, such as PHP 5.5 or PHP 5.4. Moreover, PHP 5.5 and PHP 5.4 are no longer supported with security updates.<\/p>\n<p>Now, install the PHP 5.6 application using apt-get.<\/p>\n<p><code>apt-get install php5.6 php5.6-dev php5.6-curl php5.6-mbstring php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-mysql php5.6-xml php5.6-zip<\/code><\/p>\n<p>You will be prompted to <strong>press Enter\u00a0<\/strong>to continue. To continue, press\u00a0<strong><em>Enter\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>continue<\/p>\n<p>The above command will install most of the dependencies, including <em>apache2\u00a0<\/em>and all other dependency packages.<\/p>\n<p>Start the apache2 service and enable the service on systemctl.<\/p>\n<p><code>systemctl start apache2<\/code><\/p>\n<p><code>systemctl enable apache2<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check the PHP version.<\/p>\n<p><code>php -v<br \/>\nPHP 5.6.29-1+deb.sury.org~xenial+1 (cli)<br \/>\nCopyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group<br \/>\nZend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies<\/code><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Create a phpinfo page on the domain document root or server document root. By default, the location will be <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\/var\/www\/html<\/span><\/p>\n<p><code>vi \/var\/www\/html\/info.php<\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&lt;?php<\/p>\n<p>phpinfo();<\/p>\n<p>?&gt;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Access the page in the browser at <em>http:\/\/IPADDRESS\/info.php<\/em>. You will see the PHP info page with PHP 5.6 version.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide, we installed <strong>Apache 2.4 and PHP 5.6<\/strong> on Ubuntu 16.04 and verified the PHP installation using the <code>php -v<\/code> command and a <code>phpinfo()<\/code> page. This setup can be used to support legacy PHP applications that require PHP 5.6. For new deployments, using a currently supported PHP version is recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction This guide explains how to install Apache 2.4 and PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu 16.04. 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