STEP 1: INSTALL APACHE
Update package list from repositories for packages that needs upgrading.
sudo apt-get update
Upgrade packages that needs upgrading.
sudo apt-get upgrade
Install Apache2
sudo apt-get install apache2
After installing Apache2 use below commands to stop, start and enable apache2 to run as a service so that it can start automatically after server reboots.
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service
sudo systemctl start apache2.service
sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
STEP 2: INSTALL PHP7.2 AND OTHER PHP EXTENSIONS
Add Repository to download and install PHP7.2 and extensions.
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Update package list.
sudo apt-get update
Install PHP and related extensions.
sudo apt install php7.2-fpm php7.2-common php7.2-mysql php7.2-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-gd php7.2-bcmath php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
Let’s tune up some php settings. Run below command
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini
Adjust parameters according to below settings, and the save and exit.
file_uploads = On
allow_url_fopen = On
short_open_tag = On
memory_limit = 256M
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0
upload_max_filesize = 100M
max_execution_time = 360
Do the same settings in cli as well. Run below commands and update the parameters as per above list.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini
Inorder to make above settings take effect restart apache and php-fpm. Run below commands to do so
sudo service php7.2-fpm restart
sudo systemctl restart apache.service
To test successful php installation create a new phpinfo file under /var/www/html directory
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
Add below contents, save and exit.
Source: https://webnlinux.com/install-lampp-on-aws-ec2-ubuntu-16-04-18-04/
