Easiest way to upgrade php to latest version? [duplicate]

Solution 1:

It looks as if the problem is still under discussion on your question in stackoverflow, so ...

IMO you have two options:

dot.deb has php packages and I have used them on Ubuntu before.

Add the dot.deb repository

sudo echo "deb http://php53.dotdeb.org stable all" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

Install php5

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-common php5-suhosin

From the precise repository - This may be safer ;)

apt-get install ubuntu-dev-tools
pull-lp-source php5 precise
dpkg-source -x php5_5.3.10-*.dsc
apt-get build-dep php5
cd php5-5.3.10
debuild binary

This second method was pulled from How to update to PHP 5.3.10 in 10.04?