Install PHP 8.2 on DigitalOcean Droplet’s Ubuntu

Perform update and upgrade to the current Droplet.

List all the installed PHP version:

ls /etc/php/

The latest version should appear on the list.

7.4 8.0 8.1 8.2

If PHP 8.2 doesn’t exist, install it, but update the package lists first:

sudo apt-get update

Run the installation:

sudo apt-get install php8.2 php8.2-cli php8.2-common

Install additional PHP modules

sudo apt-get install php8.2-mysql php8.2-soap php8.2-bcmath php8.2-xml php8.2-mbstring php8.2-gd php8.2-curl

Disable PHP 8.0:

sudo a2dismod php8.0

Enable PHP 8.2:

sudo a2enmod php8.2

Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2