{"id":1418,"date":"2024-03-28T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T06:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wpoven.com\/?p=1418"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T07:01:27","slug":"php-5-6-vs-php-7-wordpress-sites-nginx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/php-5-6-vs-php-7-wordpress-sites-nginx\/","title":{"rendered":"php 5 vs php 7 – WordPress sites with Nginx"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"php-7-v-php5w2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In this post we will test the performance of the new PHP version, php 7 for WordPress sites running on Nginx., along with how to upgrade from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7<\/p>\n\n

How to upgrade from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7 (with Nginx) on Ubuntu 14.04 \/ 16.04 server<\/h2>\n

Step 1<\/strong><\/span> : You need to add a PPA for PHP 7<\/p>\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej\/php<\/pre>\n
After running this command, if you see an error message like :<\/p>\n
sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found<\/pre>\n
This means that you need\u00a0to install the package python-software-properties, using the following:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Step 2<\/strong><\/span>: Now you just need to update the local package cache and install PHP 7<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update<\/pre>\n
If you are running\u00a0Nginx<\/strong> :<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install php7.0-fpm<\/pre>\n
If you are running\u00a0Apache<\/strong> :<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install php7.0<\/pre>\n
Also be sure to re-install PHP MYSQL <\/strong>for both Nginx and Apache, using :<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install php7.0-mysql<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n
Step 3<\/strong><\/span>: Update the Nginx site configs for PHP 7<\/p>\n
Open the Nginx site config file<\/p>\n
nano \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/<sitename><\/pre>\n
and \u00a0under the section “location ~ \\.php$<\/em> “,\u00a0replace the line that looks like :<\/p>\n
fastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php5-fpm.sock;<\/em><\/p>\n
to<\/p>\n
fastcgi_pass\u00a0unix:\/var\/run\/php\/php7.0-fpm.sock;<\/em><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
Step 4<\/strong><\/span>: Check the new PHP install<\/p>\n
php -v<\/pre>\n
should show you an output like :<\/p>\n
PHP 7.0.4-7+deb.sury.org~trusty+2 (cli) ( NTS )\r\nCopyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group\r\nZend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies\r\nwith Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2016, by Zend Technologies<\/pre>\n
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PHP 5 vs PHP 7<\/span><\/h2>\n
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\u00a0Info about site used in the test<\/h2>\n