====== Local LAMP dev environment installation ======

===== How to install a localhost development environment with PHP, Apache and MariaDB =====

This simple guide is intended for Debian GNU/Linux and derivates (Ubuntu, Mint). You need to be root (sudo) for most of the listed commands.

==== Base installation ====

''$ apt install apache2 curl php php-bcmath php-cli php-curl php-gd php-imagick php-imap php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql php-sqlite3 php-xml php-zip composer''

Config files for PHP are then located in ''/etc/php/8.x/''.

==== MariaDB (MySQL) ====

''$ apt install mariadb-server mycli''

==== PHPMyAdmin ====
''$ apt install phpmyadmin''

During that installation an interactive dialogue opens where you have to select ''apache2'', then ''dbconfig-common'' settings launches automatically where you will create the main database and password.

The settings get saved to these locations:
''/etc/dbconfig-common/phpmyadmin.conf'' and ''/etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php''

Then open your web browser and you should have access to:
''http://localhost/phpmyadmin/'', enter "phpmyadmin" as username and you previously chosen password.

==== Useful system commands ====

**Start MariaDB:**

''$ systemctl start mariadb''

**Make MariaDB start automatically** during system boot:

''$ systemctl enable mariadb''

**Show Apache status:**

''$ systemctl status apache2''

**Restart Apache:**

''$ systemctl restart apache2'' (older way: ''service apache2 restart'')

**Add and remove PHP modules**, here with xdebug module as an example:

''$ phpenmod xdebug\\
$ phpdismod xdebug''

After each PHP module change it's necessary to **reload the Apache server:**\\
''$ systemctl reload apache2'' (it's not necessary to restart it completely)

//Footnote://\\
Another (but older) how-to article can be found [[https://devtonight.com/articles/how-to-setup-a-linux-apache-mysql-php-dev-environment-on-ubuntu|here]].