Upgrade php version to php7 on debian 8

THANK YOU. Just did following Steps:

  1. add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file
    deb ...packages.dotdeb.org jessie all
    deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org jessie all
  2. Key installation
    wget http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg
    cat dotdeb.gpg | apt-key add -
  3. Update
    apt-get update
  4. Install PHP7
    apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-apcu php7.0-apcu-bc php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-igbinary php7.0-imagick php7.0-imap php7.0-intl php7.0-json php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-phpdbg php7.0-readline php7.0-redis php7.0-sqlite3 php7.0-xml php7.0-zip
  5. disable php5 enable php7
    a2dismod php5
    a2enmod php7.0
    service apache2 restart

Awesome. Thank you, WORKING.

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