Install PHP5.6, PHP7.0 & PHP7.1 for Debian

install_php.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "This script must be run as root, use sudo "$0" instead" 1>&2
  exit 1
fi

echo 'Add ondrej repository for PHP'
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y > /dev/null

echo 'Update packages'
apt-get update > /dev/null

echo 'Install Apache2'
apt-get install apache2 -y > /dev/null

echo 'Install MySQL server & client'
apt-get install mysql-server -y

echo 'Install SQLite client'
apt-get install sqlite -y > /dev/null

echo 'Install PHP5.6'
apt-get install php5.6-dev php5.6-mysql php5.6-sqlite php5.6-gettext php5.6-mbstring libapache2-mod-php5.6 -y > /dev/null

echo 'Install PHP7.0'
apt-get install php7.0-dev php7.0-mysql php7.0-sqlite php7.0-gettext php7.0-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.0 -y > /dev/null

echo 'Install PHP7.1'
apt-get install php7.1-dev php7.1-mysql php7.1-sqlite php7.1-gettext php7.1-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.1 -y > /dev/null

echo 'Install XDebug'
apt-get install php-xdebug -y > /dev/null

echo 'Install PHPUnit 5'
wget -O /usr/local/bin/phpunit-5 https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-5.phar > /dev/null
chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/phpunit-5 > /dev/null

echo 'Install PHPUnit 6'
wget -O /usr/local/bin/phpunit-6 https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-6.phar > /dev/null
chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/phpunit-6 > /dev/null

echo 'Add phpinfo.php to the web root directory'
echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php

echo 'Add script for switching to PHP5.6'
echo '#!/bin/bash' > /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'echo "This script must be run as root, use sudo "$0" instead" 1>&2 ; exit 1 ;' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'fi' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'echo "Enable PHP5.6"' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'a2dismod php7.0 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'a2dismod php7.1 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'a2enmod php5.6 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm /usr/local/bin/phpunit > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'cp /usr/local/bin/phpunit-5 /usr/local/bin/phpunit > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.phar' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.phar.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php-config' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php-config.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phpsize' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phpsize.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phar5.6 /etc/alternatives/phar > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phar5.6.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phar.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phar.phar5.6 /etc/alternatives/phar.phar > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phar.phar5.6.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phar.phar.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/php5.6 /etc/alternatives/php > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/php5.6.1.gz /etc/alternatives/php.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/php-config5.6 /etc/alternatives/php-config > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/php-config5.6.1.gz /etc/alternatives/php-config.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phpsize5.6 /etc/alternatives/phpsize > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phpsize5.6.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phpsize.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
echo 'service apache2 restart > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php5.6
chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/php5.6 > /dev/null

echo 'Add script for switching to PHP7.0'
echo '#!/bin/bash' > /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'echo "This script must be run as root, use sudo "$0" instead" 1>&2 ; exit 1 ;' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'fi' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'echo "Enable PHP7.0"' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'a2dismod php5.6 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'a2dismod php7.1 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'a2enmod php7.0 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm /usr/local/bin/phpunit > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'cp /usr/local/bin/phpunit-6 /usr/local/bin/phpunit > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.phar' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.phar.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php-config' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php-config.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phpsize' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phpsize.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phar7.0 /etc/alternatives/phar > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phar7.0.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phar.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phar.phar7.0 /etc/alternatives/phar.phar > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phar.phar7.0.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phar.phar.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/php7.0 /etc/alternatives/php > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/php7.0.1.gz /etc/alternatives/php.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/php-config7.0 /etc/alternatives/php-config > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/php-config7.0.1.gz /etc/alternatives/php-config.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phpsize7.0 /etc/alternatives/phpsize > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phpsize7.0.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phpsize.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
echo 'service apache2 restart > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.0
chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/php7.0 > /dev/null

echo 'Add script for switching to PHP7.1'
echo '#!/bin/bash' > /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'echo "This script must be run as root, use sudo "$0" instead" 1>&2 ; exit 1 ;' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'fi' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'echo "Enable PHP7.1"' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'a2dismod php5.6 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'a2dismod php7.0 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'a2enmod php7.1 > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm /usr/local/bin/phpunit > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'cp /usr/local/bin/phpunit-6 /usr/local/bin/phpunit > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.phar' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phar.phar.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php-config' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/php-config.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phpsize' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'rm -r /etc/alternatives/phpsize.1.gz' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phar7.1 /etc/alternatives/phar > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phar7.1.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phar.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phar.phar7.1 /etc/alternatives/phar.phar > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phar.phar7.1.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phar.phar.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/php7.1 /etc/alternatives/php > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/php7.1.1.gz /etc/alternatives/php.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/php-config7.1 /etc/alternatives/php-config > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/php-config7.1.1.gz /etc/alternatives/php-config.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/bin/phpsize7.1 /etc/alternatives/phpsize > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/phpsize7.1.1.gz /etc/alternatives/phpsize.1.gz > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
echo 'service apache2 restart > /dev/null' >> /usr/local/bin/php7.1
chmod ugo+x /usr/local/bin/php7.1 > /dev/null

php7.1

How to use?

Please, use this script on fresh OS install. If you already have a version of PHP please use the following command:

sudo apt-get purge php*

Please use following script to install Apache2, MySQL server & client, SQLite client, PHPUnit and PHP (5.6, 7.0, 7.1)

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nhuhoai/04269ab2f97ab7afd9833278a6a34a25/raw/install_php.sh | sudo bash
' or this permalink
curl https://www.franicflow.ch/Scripts/InstallPHP | sudo bash

' Use following command to switch version
sudo php5.6
sudo php7.0
sudo php7.1

Not compatible for Rasbian, missing

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common