How to setup Apache MySQL PHP on Ubuntu 18 Linux – LAMP Stack (2019)

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In this article it will walk you through on setting up the LAMP Stack which consists of Apache server, MySQL DB server and PHP on Ubuntu 18 Linux platform. This stack of setup is also known as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) If you have this basic LAMP stack, you can start a web development on the Linux platform.

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apt and Command Line

We will be using command line to install most of the services we are going to setup in this post. Be ready with the terminal and admin credentials. On Ubuntu Linux, there is a command called apt. We will use this command to install Apache server, MySQL server.

Using apt update

First thing you need to do is to update the list of servers where you can download the services you need. To update the list of servers, type the below command in the terminal and press enter.

sudo apt update

It will ask for the admin’s password, so go ahead and enter your admin password and press enter. It will update the list of servers and you should see something like below once the update is done.

Setting Up the Apache Server

Let’s setup the Apache Server first. In the terminal, type the following command and press enter.

sudo apt install apache2

Once the installation is done, open up the browser and type the following in the address bar:

http://localhost/

When the installation is successful, you should see the Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page. You should also see you now have /var/www directory.

Setting up the MySQL Server

Install MySQL Server

In the terminal, type the following command and press enter.

sudo apt install mysql-server

Check the status of MySQL server with below command.

sudo systemctl status mysql

Configure the MySQL Server

Next is you need to setup a password for your MySQL root user. By default, MySQL root user has blank password which is you will not be able to access to MySQL server.

Run the below command in the terminal and press enter.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Follow the instruction in the terminal (but you can basically answer Y to all of the questions.

Setting up the PHP

Install PHP

To install PHP, in the terminal, type the following command and press enter.

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Create phpinfo() page

To test if your PHP is working on your system, create a phpinfo() page under /var/www/html and load it on the browser.

Open the terminal and type cd /var/www/html and press enter.

Type sudo nano phpinfo.php and press enter. This will bring you to nano editor within a terminal.

Put the following code:

<?php phpnfo(); ?>

Press Control + O and press enter to save the file.

Press Control + X to exit the nano editor.

Go to your browser and type the following in the address bar.

http://localhost/phpinfo.php

You should see a page below if the PHP module is successfully activated.

MAMP Stack

Hope you have your LAMP stack setup properly. If you are using macOS, you can have a similar setup. See Setting Up Your Local Server on macOS Catalina (2019) – MAMP – macOS, Apache, MySQL, PHP

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