PHP Version Manager On Ubuntu 20.04 and nginx

PHP Version Manager On Ubuntu 20.04 and nginx.txt

Get the information of PHP
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sudo apt-get install software-properties-common -y


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/nginx
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

// The installation of php on Ubuntu configures Apache.
// For users interested in running Nginx and PHP, you need to stop and disable Apache service.
sudo systemctl disable --now apache2


sudo apt install php5.6 php5.6-fpm
sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-fpm


// nginx installation
sudo apt install nginx

// nginx configuration
sudo mkdir /var/www/php56
sudo mkdir /var/www/php74

echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" | sudo tee /var/www/php56/index.php
echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" | sudo tee /var/www/php74/index.php


// 5.6 sample
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/php56.example.com

# Application with PHP 5.6
#
server {
	listen 80;

	root /var/www/php56;
	index index.php;
	server_name php56.example.com;

	location ~* \.php$ {
		# With php-fpm unix sockets
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock;
		include         fastcgi_params;
		fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
		fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
	}
}

// 74 sample

sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/php74.example.com

# Application with PHP 7.4
#
server {
	listen 80;

	root /var/www/php74;
	index index.php;
	server_name php74.example.com;

	location ~* \.php$ {
		# With php-fpm unix sockets
		fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
		include         fastcgi_params;
		fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
		fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
	}
}


sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/php56.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/php74.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

// Test Setup
// All done. You can access both sites in your favirote web browser.
// You will see that php56.example.com shows the version PHP 5.6 and 
// php74.example.com is showing the PHP 7.4 as the configuration.