Upgrade from PHP5 to PHP7.0 (Debian 8 Jessie, Apache2, mySQL & WordPress 4.4.2)
Upgrade from PHP5 to PHP7.0 on Debian 8 Jessie with Apache2 and mySQL (for WordPress) Generic notes on a recent upgrade I made on a WordPress installation that's running on a Google Compute Engine virtual machine. This also assumes use of: WordPress Enfold Theme WordPress myCred Plugin Install PHP7 & dependencies: ssh user@domain.com Upgrade from PHP5 to PHP7.0 on Debian 8 Jessie with Apache2 and mySQL (for WordPress) Install and Config sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all wget https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg sudo apt-key add dotdeb.gpg sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php7.0 libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-cgi php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php-mysql mcrypt php7.0-mcrypt -y Personal Tweaks: sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini post_max_size = 100M upload_max_filesize = 100M memory_limit = 256M Enable PHP7.0 Apache2 Module sudo a2dismod php5 su
