Note: this post call also be used to install php7.2
, just change every 7.3
reference to 7.2
.
Default rasbian still ships with php7.0 even though that version in not supported any more. We will install the latest php 7.3. But because this is not the default we will need to do a few extra tweaks.
Add newer source
Let’s create a new source list: sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/10-buster.list
.
In that file add.
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ buster main contrib non-free rpi
After saving create the next file sudo nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/10-buster
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In that file add.
Package: *
Pin: release n=stretch
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release n=buster
Pin-Priority: 750
Again save. Make the system aware of this source list with
sudo apt update
Actual install php
Now we are ready to install PHP7 with all it’s modules:
sudo apt install -y -t buster php7.3-fpm php7.3-curl php7.3-gd php7.3-intl php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-imap php7.3-opcache php7.3-sqlite3 php7.3-xml php7.3-xmlrpc php7.3-zip php7.3-bcmath php-apcu
When done check it with php -v
it should show a PHP 7.3.. Now we need to add a few fpm things for nginx to work properly. Create a extra config file sudo nano /etc/php/7.3/fpm/conf.d/90-pi-custom.ini
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And add:
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
upload_max_filesize=64m
post_max_size=64m
max_execution_time=600
Finally reload php
sudo service php7.3-fpm reload
Now PHP is ready to use
Extra’s
You might want to follow these instructions to install. wp-cli, composer, image compression support in php