Upgrade php 5.5.9 to php 5.6.4

Question

php -v shows me this

PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.19 (cli) (built: Jul 28 2016 19:31:33) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.3, Copyright (c) 1999-2014, by Zend Technologies

I want to upgrade it to php 5.6.4

I am not sure for the solutions i found who had php 5.5.9deb versions.

what makes you not sure about the solutions you found ? Please give more details to give you a better answer to your question. — 0x0C4, Aug 24 '16 at 06:16
I just wanted to be sure that what i am doing is not just copy and paste but understanding the reason for it. — Samvedna, Aug 24 '16 at 06:24

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 15 '16 at 15:30

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Found the answer here:

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get -y install php5.6 php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-mbstring php5.6-curl php5.6-cli php5.6-mysql php5.6-gd php5.6-intl php5.6-xsl php5.6-zip
php -v

edited Nov 15 '16 at 15:30

amc

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answered Aug 24 '16 at 06:21

Samvedna

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verified working as of star date: 2016 december 12 – Patoshi パトシ Dec 12 '16 at 07:05
I did this and the final command output: PHP 5.6.30-5+deb.sury.org~trusty+2 (cli) not 5.6.4 – NineCattoRules Feb 23 '17 at 12:06
Verified today: Ubuntu 14.04, php 5.5.4 > 5.6.30-7 – Jacksonkr Mar 07 '17 at 18:20
The reference link is not pointing to a working page. – Shantha Kumara Feb 08 '23 at 04:47

Upgrade php 5.5.9 to php 5.6.4

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