How to Install Apache,MySQL and PHP
In this tutorial, we will see how to prepare ubuntu
for PHP development.
(1)
Install apache2
package
main@work:~# sudo apt install apache2
(2)
Install mysql-server
package
main@work:~# sudo apt install mysql-server
You will be asked to set a password for mysql user root
- the mysql administrator.
(3)
Install php
package and libapache2-mod-php
package (apache2 module for php).
main@work:~# sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php
(4)
Install php extensions packages: php-mysql
, php-dom
, php-zip
main@work:~# sudo apt install php-mysql php-dom php-zip
(5)
Since Composer is the defacto dependency management tool for PHP and have gain popularity with PHP developers, we will install it.
main@work:~# sudo apt install composer
(6)
While we can use mysql
command line client or mysql workbench
visual tool for database administration, I prefer to use phpMyAdmin
web application for this task.
main@work:~# sudo apt install phpmyadmin
- Select
apache2
as the http server to configure.
- Select auto configure the web application via
dbconfig-common
- Enter the
root
password you entered above
Now, open /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
with you favorite editor:
main@work:~# sudo nano /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
Comment the lines with ##
and add the lines at the end of the file:
## Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>
Options FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php
##<IfModule mod_php.c>
## <IfModule mod_mime.c>
## AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
## </IfModule>
## <FilesMatch ".+\.php$">
## SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
## </FilesMatch>
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
php_flag track_vars On
...
##</IfModule>
</Directory>
...
<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin/setup/lib>
Require all denied
</Directory>
Listen 8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
TransferLog "/var/log/apache2/phpmyadmin_access.log"
ErrorLog "/var/log/apache2/phpmyadmin_errors.log"
DocumentRoot "/usr/share/phpmyadmin"
</VirtualHost>
Now we can manage our mysql server at http://work:8080
Now , we can start develop our site in PHP
.
Your document root is under /var/www/html
.
Let’s check whether we successfully configure apache. Open /var/www/html/main.php
in favorite editor and enter the following content:
<?php
php_info()
Now, access http://work/main.php
in your webbrowser. You should see the familiar page: