A script to install PHP 8.4 and Composer on Debian/Ubuntu servers.

php-and-composer.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Update and install necessary packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y lsb-release apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl

# Add Ondřej Surý's PHP repository
curl -fsSL https://packages.sury.org/php/README.txt | sudo bash -

# Install PHP 8.4 and required extensions for Laravel
sudo apt install -y unzip php8.4 php8.4-cli php8.4-mbstring php8.4-xml php8.4-mysql php8.4-curl php8.4-bcmath php8.4-zip php8.4-soap php8.4-intl php8.4-common php8.4-opcache php8.4-pgsql php8.4-sqlite3

# Set PHP 8.4 as default
sudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php8.4
sudo update-alternatives --set phpize /usr/bin/phpize8.4
sudo update-alternatives --set php-config /usr/bin/php-config8.4

# Install Composer globally
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

# Verify PHP and Composer installation
php -v
php -m
composer --version

echo "PHP 8.4 and Composer have been installed successfully!"