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Since the lamp stack comes with PHP 7.0 an upgrade is required.
First the packages to the server:
sudo apt install ca-certificates apt-transport-https
wget -q https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ stretch main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
Next update any updates available
sudo apt update
Install PHP 7.3
sudo apt install php7.3
Install PHP Extensions
sudo apt install php7.3-cli php7.3-common php7.3-curl php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-xml
Install MBString
sudo apt install php-mbstring
Activate it
sudo phpenmod mbstring
Next install zip and dom
sudo apt install php-zip
sudo apt install php7.3-xml
Enable PHP7.3
sudo a2enmod php7.3
To disable PHP7.0
sudo a2dismod php7.0
Restart Apache2
sudo systemctl restart apache2
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