I already added Ond\u0159ej Sur\u00fd PPA repository. So Just install php8.4<\/p>\n
~$ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php8.4<\/pre>\nThe apache module and cli for php8.4 is included<\/p>\n
...\r\nhe following additional packages will be installed:\r\n php8.4-cli php8.4-common php8.4-opcache php8.4-readline php8.4-soap\r\nThe following NEW packages will be installed:\r\n libapache2-mod-php8.4\r\nThe following packages will be upgraded:\r\n php8.4-cli php8.4-common php8.4-opcache php8.4-readline php8.4-soap\r\n...<\/pre>\nCheck it on CLI Terminal<\/p>\n
~$ sudo update-alternatives --config php\r\nThere are 8 choices for the alternative php (providing \/usr\/bin\/php).\r\n\r\n Selection Path Priority Status\r\n------------------------------------------------------------\r\n 0 \/usr\/bin\/php8.4 84 auto mode\r\n 1 \/usr\/bin\/php5.6 56 manual mode\r\n 2 \/usr\/bin\/php7.2 72 manual mode\r\n 3 \/usr\/bin\/php7.4 74 manual mode\r\n 4 \/usr\/bin\/php8.0 80 manual mode\r\n 5 \/usr\/bin\/php8.1 81 manual mode\r\n* 6 \/usr\/bin\/php8.2 82 manual mode\r\n 7 \/usr\/bin\/php8.3 83 manual mode\r\n 8 \/usr\/bin\/php8.4 84 manual mode\r\n\r\nPress <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 8\r\nupdate-alternatives: using \/usr\/bin\/php8.4 to provide \/usr\/bin\/php (php) in manual mode\r\n\r\n~$ php -v\r\nPHP 8.4.24 (cli) (built: Jul 30 2026 15:23:13) (NTS)\r\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group\r\nBuilt by Ubuntu\r\nZend Engine v4.4.24, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies\r\n with Zend OPcache v8.4.24, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies<\/pre>\nThen install the extensions.<\/p>\n
sudo apt install php8.4-{bcmath,xml,fpm,mysql,zip,intl,ldap,gd,bz2,curl,mbstring,pgsql,cgi}<\/pre>\nInstall XDebug<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install php8.4-xdebug<\/pre>\nCheck<\/p>\n
~$ php -v\r\nPHP 8.4.24 (cli) (built: Jul 30 2026 15:23:13) (NTS)\r\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group\r\nBuilt by Ubuntu\r\nZend Engine v4.4.24, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies\r\n with Zend OPcache v8.4.24, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies\r\n with Xdebug v3.5.3, Copyright (c) 2002-2026, by Derick Rethans<\/pre>\nPHP8.4 On Apache2
\nDisable the old PHP<\/p>\nsudo a2dismod php8.2<\/pre>\nEnable PHP8.4<\/p>\n
sudo a2enmod php8.4<\/pre>\nAlso need to run<\/p>\n
sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif && sudo a2enconf php8.4-fpm<\/pre>\nRestart Apache server<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart apache2<\/pre>\nCheck on the browser<\/p>\n
http:\/\/localhost\/phpinfo.php<\/pre>\nShould show like PHP Version 8.4.24<\/p>\n
CHANGE THE PHP8.4 SETTING
\nMODIFY SOME INI FILES IN:
\n\/etc\/php\/8.4\/fpm\/php.ini\u00a0 –> PHP-FPM\u00a0 AS MAIN
\n\/etc\/php\/8.4\/apache2\/php.ini\u00a0 –>APACHE
\n\/etc\/php\/8.4\/cli\/php.ini –> CLI<\/p>\nupload_max_filesize = 4000M -> (default 2M) \r\nmax_file_uploads = 4000 -> (default 20) \r\npost_max_size = 4000M -> (default 8M) \r\nmax_execution_time = 6000 -> (default 30) in second \r\nmax_input_time = 6000 -> (default 60) in second \r\nmax_input_vars = 10000 \r\nmemory_limit = 5120M -> (default 128M) \r\nmemory_limit = -1 -> (FOR CLI)<\/pre>\nRESTART<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart apache2<\/pre>\nCONFIG XDEBUG<\/p>\n
sudo gedit \/etc\/php\/8.4\/apache2\/conf.d\/20-xdebug.ini<\/pre>\nSETTING<\/p>\n
zend_extension=xdebug.so\r\nxdebug.mode= debug\r\nxdebug.start_with_request = yes\r\nxdebug.discover_client_host = true\r\nxdebug.max_nesting_level=512\r\nxdebug.var_display_max_data = 1024\r\nxdebug.var_display_max_children = 512\r\nxdebug.var_display_max_depth = 6\r\nxdebug.idekey = VSCODE<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
FOR PHP FPM<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl restart php8.4-fpm<\/pre>\nTO USE PHP8.1 WITHOUT FPM, PLS STOP PHP8.1 FPM<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl stop php8.1-fpm<\/pre>\nALSO DISABLE SOME FPM MODULES (mpm_event)<\/p>\n
sudo a2dismod mpm_event proxy_fcgi<\/pre>\nIF NEEDED<\/p>\n
sudo a2disconf php8.4-fpm<\/pre>\nTHEN ENABLE mpm_prefork<\/p>\n
sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork<\/pre>\nRELOAD<\/p>\n
sudo systemctl reload apache2<\/pre>\nNOW IT’D BE RUNNING<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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