PHP is an acronym of “Hypertext Preprocessor” is a scripting language widely used for developing web applications. It is the server side scripting language that is embedded in HTML. Which is used to manage dynamic content, databases, session tracking, even build entire e-commerce websites.

PHP 8.0 is the latest stable version available for production use. The debian packages for PHP 8 is available under  ppa:ondrej/php PPA for Ubuntu systems.

This tutorial will help you to install PHP 8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal system.

Step 1 – Installing PHP 8 on Ubuntu

Use the following commands to add PPA and install PHP 8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 system.

1. Enable PPA – Use the following command

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 

1. Update cache – After enabling apt repository, update cache on your system.

sudo apt update 

1. Installing PHP – Next, install the PHP 8.0 on Ubuntu system.

sudo apt install php8.0 

1. Press ‘Y’ for any confirmation asked by the installer.

Once completed above commands, you have successfully installed PHP 8.0 on Ubuntu system.

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