PHP 5.6 on Ubuntu

Ubuntu does not include PHP 5.6 in its repository. In order to upgrade from PHP 5.5.x then please follow this guide.

Step 1
Add PHP 5.6 PPA to the local repository database.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:andrej/php5-5.6

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Step 2
Update the server repository database.

sudo apt-get update

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Step 3
Install PHP 5.6

sudo apt-get install php5

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