php-install

Useful scripts for setting up a PHP environment.

• Install any version of PHP
• Switch between PHP versions
• Install composer

Initialization

In order to use some scripts, some tools and PPA need to be installed first.

Run:

bash phpprepare

This will also make phpinstall and phpversion globally available on your computer.

$> bash phpprepare
STEP Updating system and installing needed programs
[...]
OK
STEP Adding PHP Personal Package Archive
[...]
OK
STEP Updating apt after adding PPA
[...]
OK
STEP Placing phpinstall in /usr/local/bin/
OK
STEP Placing phpversion in /usr/local/bin/
OK

DONE Your system is ready for PHP !
Available versions :
7.4
5.6
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.3
8.0
8.1
8.2

To install any PHP version, run phpinstall
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Install any version of PHP

Run:

phpinstall

The script will ask you which version you want to install. Note: you can install as many PHP versions as you want.

$> phpinstall
STEP Updating system
[...]
OK

Installable PHP versions :
7.4
5.6
7.0
7.1
7.2
7.3
8.0
8.1
8.2

Which one do you want ? 7.4 <= user input
STEP Installing PHP7.4
[...]
OK

SUCCESS PHP 7.4 has been installed
Run phpversion to switch your active PHP version
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Switch between PHP versions

Run:

phpversion

The script will ask you which version you want to switch to.

$> phpversion
Current PHP version : 8.2.7

Available versions :
7.4
8.1
8.2

Target version : 8.1 <= user input

Current PHP version : 8.1.20
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Alternatively, you can tell which version you want to use:

phpversion 8.2

$> phpversion 8.1
Current PHP version : 8.2.7
Target version : 8.1
Current PHP version : 8.1.20
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Install composer

Run:

bash composerinstall

$> bash composerinstall
Downloading composer.phar
Installer verified
Install completed
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To make sure composer is correctly installed, run:

composer --version