PHP 7.4 has reached its end of life, but some applications may still require it for compatibility reasons. If you need to install PHP 7.4 on the latest Debian or Ubuntu systems, follow the steps below.
Installing PHP 7.4 on Debian
Install essential dependencies:
sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates wget
Add the Sury repository:
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
Add the PHP repository:
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
Update package lists:
sudo apt update
Install PHP 7.4 and required extensions:
sudo apt install -y php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-{bcmath,bz2,intl,gd,mbstring,mysql,zip,cli,fpm,opcache,xml,curl,xsl,soap,json,apcu,imap,xmlrpc}
Installing PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu
Install required dependencies:
sudo apt -y install software-properties-common
Add the Ondřej Surý PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Update package lists:
sudo apt update
Install PHP 7.4 and necessary extensions:
sudo apt install -y php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-{bcmath,bz2,intl,gd,mbstring,mysql,zip,cli,fpm,opcache,xml,curl,xsl,soap,json,apcu,imap,xmlrpc}
Final Steps
After installation, verify the PHP version:
php -v
You should see output confirming PHP 7.4 is installed. If using Apache, restart the service:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
