Digital Ocean's LAMP comes with PHP 7.2 let's update this to PHP 7.3

First, install PHP repository from ondrej/php 



<pre><code class="lang-php">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
</code></pre>
Then update and upgrade 



<pre><code class="lang-php">sudo apt update
</code></pre>
Now install PHP modules



<pre><code class="lang-php">sudo apt-get install php7.3 libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3-cli php7.3-mysql php7.3-gd php7.3-imagick php7.3-recode php7.3-tidy php7.3-xmlrpc
</code></pre>
Disable 7.2



<pre><code class="lang-php">systemctl restart apache2
</code></pre>
Enable 7.3



<pre><code class="lang-php">sudo a2enmod php7.3
</code></pre>
Restart the server



<pre><code class="lang-php">systemctl restart apache2
</code></pre>

Digital Ocean&#39;s LAMP comes with PHP 7.2 let&#39;s update this to PHP 7.3

First, install PHP repository from ondrej/php&nbsp;



```php
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
```

Then update and upgrade&nbsp;



```php
sudo apt update
```

Now install PHP modules



```php
sudo apt-get install php7.3 libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3-cli php7.3-mysql php7.3-gd php7.3-imagick php7.3-recode php7.3-tidy php7.3-xmlrpc
```

Disable 7.2



```php
systemctl restart apache2
```

Enable 7.3



```php
sudo a2enmod php7.3
```

Restart the server



```php
systemctl restart apache2
```

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