How to Install LAMP PHP 8.4 on openSUSE 15 – Step by step

September 8, 2025 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

GNU/Linux openSUSE Leap 15 Installing LAMP with PHP 8.x – Step by step Guide

How to Install LAMP with PHP 8.x on openSUSE Leap 15 GNU/Linux – Step by step Tutorial.

To get the PHP 8.x openSUSE Installation, you need to add the .

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

The PHP 8.x Repository also includes all the most useful extensions for PHP usage.

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.

How to Install LAMP PHP 8.4 on openSUSE 15 – Step by step

1. Launching Terminal

Open a Terminal window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

Or access the Server Shell.

2. Adding PHP Repository

Enable PHP Repository for openSUSE

Adding PHP Repository

sudo zypper ar -f https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/ php8

sudo zypper refresh

PHP Repository for openSUSE

3. Installing PHP 8.x

Now to Install PHP 8.x on openSUSE
Install PHP 8 and core modules:

sudo zypper install php8 php8-mysqli php8-mbstring php8-gd php8-xml php8-curl

Then install Apache and MariaDB Servers:

sudo zypper install apache2 mariadb mariadb-tools

Start and enable the services:

sudo systemctl enable --now apache2

sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb

Test your PHP installation:

php -v

4. Installing PHP 8.x Extensions

Search for available PHP 8.x extensions:
```
zypper search php8
```
Install specific extensions:
```
sudo zypper install php8-
```
Or install multiple extensions at once:
```
sudo zypper install php8-{mcrypt,mysql,imagick,memcached}
```

5. Testing LAMP

Finally, to Test LAMP Web Server Installation
Access the server document root:
```
cd /srv/www/htdocs
```
Create a PHP info file:
```
sudo nano info.php
```
Add the following:
```
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
```
Ctrl+x to save & exit from nano.
Set apache as owner of the web root directory:
```
sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs
```
Start Apache:
```
sudo systemctl start apache2
```
Then open a browser and access:
http://localhost/info.php
For remote machines, replace “localhost” with your server IP.
6. Setting up Firewall

(Optional) Required only if you want to Allow Remote Web Access
Enable HTTP service:
```
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
```
Reload firewall:
```
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
```