How to Install LAMP PHP 8.4 on Mageia – Step by step

GNU/Linux Mageia Installing LAMP with PHP 8.x – Step by step Guide

How to Install LAMP with PHP 8.x on Mageia GNU/Linux – Step by step Tutorial.

On Mageia, PHP 8.x, Apache, and MariaDB are directly available from the official repositories.

Especially relevant: the Guide includes instructions about Setting up MariaDB as the Open Source implementation of the MySQL DB.

PHP 8 is a major Update of the PHP Language!

Moreover, the PHP 8 New Features include:

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

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

Finally, this Setup is Valid also for All the others Mageia like Distros as:

• OpenMandriva
• ROSA

1. 1. Installing PHP 8.x with Apache and MariaDB

   Now to Install PHP 8.x on Mageia
   Play:

   sudo urpmi php php-mysqli php-mbstring php-gd php-xml php-curl

   Then install Apache and MariaDB Servers:

   sudo urpmi apache mariadb

   Enable and start the services:

   sudo systemctl enable --now httpd

   sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb

   Test your PHP installation:

   php -v

2. 2. Installing PHP 8.x Extensions

   Search for available PHP extensions:

   urpmq php

   Install specific extensions:

   sudo urpmi php-[EXTENSION]

   Or install multiple extensions at once:

   sudo urpmi php-mysql php-imagick php-mcrypt php-memcached