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Set Up Rocky Linux PHP

Category: VPS Setup

Install PHP—a server-side language—on a Rocky Linux VPS—add Remi repo with

dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm -y

then

dnf module enable php:8.1 && dnf install php php-mysqlnd -y

Restart Apache with

systemctl restart httpd

test with

php -v

—expect \"PHP 8 1 25\" Open port 80 with

firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent && firewall-cmd --reload

On DigitalOcean this runs phpMyAdmin—create /var/www/html/info php with

access at http://ip/info php Ensures uptime—add SSL for security supporting dynamic sites with MySQL