check if PHP-FPM is already installed

php-fpm -v

Install php-fpm and php modules

install PHP-FPM and enable it to start automatically at boot.

sudo apt install php-fpm -y

confirm version inside /etc/php

cd /etc/php/

verify that the fpm directory is available

From now on you must include the version

sudo systemctl list-units --type=service | grep -i php

current status (version 8.3)

sudo systemctl status php8.3-fpm

Start php-fpm (version 8.3)

sudo systemctl start php8.3-fpm

Enable at boot (version 8.3)

sudo systemctl enable php8.3-fpm

Install most commonly used php modules

sudo apt install -y php-mysql php-mbstring php-bcmath php-zip php-gd php-curl php-xml php-xmlrpc

The above command installs the following PHP extensions:

• php-mysql – Connects PHP with MySQL databases.
• php-mbstring – Supports UTF-8 and multibyte strings.
• php-bcmath – Enables high-precision math operations.
• php-zip – Adds ZIP archive support.
• php-gd – Enables image processing.
• php-curl – Allows data transfer via URLs.
• php-xml – Provides XML parsing and handling.
• php-xmlrpc

View all installed PHP extensions on your server.

php -m

list all PHP extensions you can install based on your server’s PHP version.

sudo apt-cache search php | grep "^php8.3"

Specific version details

php-fpm8.3 -v