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Check this article: https://thishosting.rocks/install-php-on-ubuntu/
It explains how to install php 7.2, 7.3 on Ubuntu 16.04… It should work on Ubuntu 17. I did not try…
Feb 29, 2020
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Ubuntu and PHP > 7.1
I'm trying to confirm a suspicion. I'm running a couple of server on Vultr one of them has Ubuntu 17.10, i see on the site that this version (17.XX) is no longer available. You can still get 16 or 18 or 19. I need to update PHP to more than 7.20 and i'm having a very difficult time, the system keeps telling me that could not find 7.2 (nor 7.3 when i tried to upgrade to that one). I'm suspecting that there is no version better than 7.1 for that flavor of Ubuntu. Is that correct?
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That is the guide that i followed. Cannot find php 7.2.
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Why you don't use homebrew: https://medium.com/@smartsplash/using-homebrew-on-ubuntu-1089f70c8aa7
It will be easy to install php after…
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how would you upgrade to 7.2 or 7.2 afterwards? I have never used homebrew.
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Once hombrew is installed, you can do things like that:
brew unlink php71
brew install php72
Browse the documentation: https://docs.brew.sh/ Maybe watch some Laracasts lesson where Jeffrey explains how to setup a Laravel application: https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-6-from-scratch/episodes/2
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Don't know, it doesn't feel right. It seems to me that the above command will install a new version of PHP instead of upgrading. I have been running this server for 2 years now, i have upgraded from 6.X to the 7.1 and don't remember having any trouble. I thought this upgrade would have been a 1/2 Saturday morning upgrade, now is turning into an endeavor. I'm afraid of braking the two apps running on the server. Going home and rethink.
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You're right… I will never do it in production without doing the same on my local server and test everything!
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