Nginxphpfpm
Install PHP7.4
By default, Debian ships with PHP 7.4 in its upstream repositories. You can install it easily by just running the following command:
apt-get install php7.4 -y
Once the PHP is installed, verify the installed version with the following command:
php --version
You should get the following output:
PHP 7.4.3 (cli) (built: Oct 6 2020 15:47:56) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.4.3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
PHP configurations related to Nginx is stored in /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini file. You can modify it for better performance. Install PHP7.4-FPM and Other Extensions
Nginx does not contain native PHP processing. So you will need to install PHP-FPM for processing the PHP files. FPM is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for heavy-loaded sites.
You can install PHP7.4-FPM with other necessary extensions by running the following command:
apt-get install php7.4-fpm php7.4-cli php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-json -y
Once all the packages are installed, start the PHP7.4-FPM service and enable it to start at system reboot:
systemctl start php7.4-fpm systemctl enable php7.4-fpm
Configure Nginx to Process PHP Files
Next, you will need to configure Nginx to process PHP files.
To do so, create a new Nginx virtual host configuration file with the following command:
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example
Add the following lines:
server {
listen 80; server_name test.example.com; root /var/www/html; index info.php; location ~ \.php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock; }
}
Save and close the file then enable the Nginx virtual host configuration file with the following command:
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Next, verify the Nginx for any syntax error with the following command:
nginx -t
You should get the following output:
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
Finally, restart the Nginx service to apply the configuration changes:
systemctl restart nginx
Next, create a info.php file to verify the PHP version:
nano /var/www/html/info.php
Add the following code:
<?php phpinfo();
Save and close the file when you are finished. Verify PHP
At this point, Nginx is configured to process PHP files. Its time to test it.