PHP 5.6 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 on Ubuntu Servers with Virtualmin

Introduction

So we are going to install multiple PHP on Ubuntu & Virtualmin with this guide. login as root and run the below commands.

Adding Third party PPA

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Once you run that command, you should see a prompt from the system to press enter to add the repository., go ahead.

Update and Upgrade.

aptitude aptitude full-upgrade

If aptitude is not installed on your system, go ahead and install that first

apt install aptitude

sudo aptitude install pkg-php-tools php5.6 php5.6-cgi php5.6-cli php5.6-dbg php5.6-common php5.6-curl php5.6-gd php5.6-imap php5.6-intl php5.6-mysql php5.6-pspell php5.6-sqlite3 php5.6-tidy php5.6-opcache php5.6-json php5.6-bz2 php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-readline php5.6-xmlrpc php5.6-enchant php5.6-xsl php-all-dev php php-cgi php-cli php-common php-dbg php-curl php-enchant php-gd php-imap php-intl php-ldap php-mcrypt php-readline php-pspell php-tidy php-xmlrpc php-xsl php-json php-sqlite3 php-mysql php-opcache php-bz2 libapache2-mod-php

PHP5.6, PHP7.0, PHP7.1

aptitude install pkg-php-tools php7.1-xml php7.1-xsl php7.1-mbstring php7.1-readline php7.1-zip php7.1-mysql php7.1-phpdbg php7.1 php7.1-sqlite3 php7.1-tidy php7.1-opcache php7.1-pspell php7.1-json php7.1-xmlrpc php7.1-curl php7.1-ldap php7.1-bz2 php7.1-cgi php7.1-imap php7.1-cli php7.1-dba php7.1-dev php7.1-intl php7.1-fpm php7.1-recode php7.1-odbc php7.1-gmp php7.1-common php7.1-pgsql php7.1-bcmath php7.1-snmp php7.1-soap php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-gd php7.1-enchant libapache2-mod-php7.1 libphp7.1-embed
aptitude install php7.0-xml php7.0-xsl php7.0-mbstring php7.0-readline php7.0-zip php7.0-mysql php7.0-phpdbg php7.0 php7.0-sqlite3 php7.0-tidy php7.0-opcache php7.0-pspell php7.0-json php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-curl php7.0-ldap php7.0-bz2 php7.0-cgi php7.0-imap php7.0-cli php7.0-dba php7.0-dev php7.0-intl php7.0-fpm php7.0-recode php7.0-odbc php7.0-gmp php7.0-common php7.0-pgsql php7.0-bcmath php7.0-snmp php7.0-soap php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-gd php7.0-enchant libapache2-mod-php7.0 libphp7.0-embed

aptitude install php5.6-xml php5.6-xsl php5.6-mbstring php5.6-readline php5.6-zip php5.6-mysql php5.6-phpdbg php5.6 php5.6-sqlite3 php5.6-tidy php5.6-opcache php5.6-pspell php5.6-json php5.6-xmlrpc php5.6-curl php5.6-ldap php5.6-bz2 php5.6-cgi php5.6-imap php5.6-cli php5.6-dba php5.6-dev php5.6-intl php5.6-fpm php5.6-recode php5.6-odbc php5.6-gmp php5.6-common php5.6-pgsql php5.6-bcmath php5.6-snmp php5.6-soap php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-gd php5.6-enchant libapache2-mod-php5.6 libphp5.6-embed

Configuring Apache for PHP

nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.1.conf 
nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/php7.0.conf 
nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/php5.6.conf

In the above files these two lines.. like below..

#SetHandler application/x-httpd-php 
#SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source

You can also use the command below, it would search all the files which has this so that you can remove them explicitly.

find /etc/apache2 -type f | xargs grep -i sethandler

PHP packages/modules

apt-cache pkgnames | grep php7.0 
apt-cache pkgnames | grep php5.6 
apt-cache pkgnames | grep php7.1

Disable Mod_php mode.

#php_admin_value engine Off

you can search the folder, then find and replace with the below command.. if you already had lot of websites..

find /etc/apache2 -type f | xargs grep -i php_admin_value 
sed -i 's/php_admin_value/#php_admin_value/g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/0-interstellarconsulting.com.conf

Uninstalling PHP and revert to default.

apt install ppa-purge ppa-purge ppa:ondrej/php

„Block lists“ is basically the oposite what the „allow list“ is but with more options. You can add IP’s or Email addresses directly to a „Deny List“, set a „Spamm Words List“ and many more lists which are having different criteria on why should get banned.