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Installing PHP 7.0 is easier than ever. Here are instructions for installing the latest version on different platforms:

PHP 5.x Conflicts You may encounter conflicts if you already have PHP 5.x installed. If so, make sure to completely remove PHP 5.x from your system before installing 7.0. On Ubuntu, this is as simple as running: sudo apt-get purge php5-* .

Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 15.10, and 16.04:

PHP 7.0 can be installed using Ondřej Surý's PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php7.0

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Debian 8 (Jessie)

PHP 7.0 can be installed using the Dotdeb repository.

Add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all

Add the GPG key:

wget https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg sudo apt-key add dotdeb.gpg

Install PHP 7:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install php7.0

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Debian 7 (Wheezy)

PHP 7 can be compiled from source by following the instructions outlined here: Install PHP 7 on Debian Wheezy

CentOS / RHEL

PHP 7.0 can be installed using the Webstatic Yum repository.

If you're using CentOS/RHEL 7.x, run these three commands to add the repository and install PHP 7:

rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm yum install php70w

If you're using CentOS/RHEL 6.x, run these two commands to add the repository and install PHP 7:

rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm yum install php70w

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Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.11

PHP 7.0 can be installed using homebrew:

brew tap homebrew/dupes brew tap homebrew/versions brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php brew install php70

Or you can install it via Liip's php-osx tool:

curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 7.0

Windows

PHP 7.0 distributions for Windows can be found on the windows.php.net website: http://windows.php.net/download#php-7.0

You can find instructions for installing the distribution here: https://www.webtechgadgetry.com/install-php-7-windows/