Digital Ocean's LAMP comes with PHP 7.2 let's update this to PHP 7.3
First, install PHP repository from ondrej/php
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
Then update and upgrade
sudo apt update
Now install PHP modules
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
systemctl restart apache2
Enable 7.3
sudo a2enmod php7.3
Restart the server
systemctl restart apache2
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