LAMP PHP 8.x Ubuntu 18.04 Installation – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 18.04 Installing LAMP PHP 8.x – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install LAMP with PHP 8.1 in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS GNU/Linux.

And to get the PHP 8.1 Ubuntu Bionic Installation, you have to Manually Setup the Ubuntu Apt PPA Repository.

Especially relevant: the Guide include instructions on How to Replace MySQL with MariaDB in LAMP Setup.

PHP 8 is a major Update of the PHP Language!

Moreover, the PHP 8 New Features includes:

• Named Arguments
• Union Types
• attributes
• Constructor Property Promotion
• Match Expression
• Nullsafe Operator
• JIT

Again this PHP 8.1 PPA includes also All the most Useful Extensions for PHP usage.

Finally, LAMP is de facto Web Development Standard. Today, the products that make up the LAMP stack are included by default in nearly all GNU/Linux distributions.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Terminal window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   
   Or access the Server Shell.