Install php7 in Linux (Mint/Ubuntu) LAMP Server

install_php7_lamp.sh

#! /bin/bash
# PHP 7 Initial Compile (Install php7 Linux (Mint/Ubuntu) LAMP) ##

# Author: Roman Barbotkin
# Fixed error and simplified, I tested for Linux Mint 7.3.
# Install: just run this file, it will do everything for you :)

# If make error uncoments 2 line.
#sudo apt-get purge make  
#sudo apt-get install make 

# Fix error gmp.h
# sudo rm /usr/include/gmp.h
# sudo ln -sf /usr/include/i386-linux-gnu/gmp.h /usr/include/gmp.h

sudo apt-get install build-essential libt1-dev bison libbz2-dev libjpeg62-dev libpng12-dev libfreetype6-dev libgmp3-dev libmcrypt-dev libmysqlclient-dev libpspell-dev librecode-dev apache2-dev git

# Obtain latest source
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src
cd php-src

./buildconf

# Configure php7 source code
./configure \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --with-config-file-path=/etc/php7/apache2 \
    --with-config-file-scan-dir=/etc/php7/apache2/conf.d \
    --enable-mbstring \
    --enable-zip \
    --enable-bcmath \
    --enable-pcntl \
    --enable-ftp \
    --enable-exif \
    --enable-calendar \
    --enable-sysvmsg \
    --enable-sysvsem \
    --enable-sysvshm \
    --enable-wddx \
    --with-curl \
    --with-mcrypt \
    --with-iconv \
    --with-gmp=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu \
    --with-pspell \
    --with-gd \
    --with-jpeg-dir=/usr \
    --with-png-dir=/usr \
    --with-zlib-dir=/usr \
    --with-xpm-dir=/usr \
    --with-freetype-dir=/usr \
    --enable-gd-native-ttf \
    --enable-gd-jis-conv \
    --with-openssl \
    --with-pdo-mysql=/usr \
    --with-gettext=/usr \
    --with-zlib=/usr \
    --with-bz2=/bin \
    --with-recode=/usr \
    --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config \
    --with-apxs2 \
    --enable-dtrace

# PHP 7 does not recognize these without additional parameters or symlinks for
sudo ln -sf /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gmp.h /usr/include/gmp.h


sudo make
sudo make test

# Install it accoridng to the configured path.
sudo make install

# It's own make script said to do this, but it didn't do much on my system.
libtool --finish ./libs

# Work on non-threaded version as compiled for now.
sudo a2dismod mpm_worker
sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork

sudo a2dismod php5
sudo a2enmod php7

# Restart Apache if all went well.
sudo service apache2 start

cat <<EOF >> php7.conf
<FilesMatch ".+\.ph(p[345]?|t|tml)$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".+\.phps$">
    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
    # Deny access to raw php sources by default
    # To re-enable it's recommended to enable access to the files
    # only in specific virtual host or directory
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# Deny access to files without filename (e.g. '.php')
<FilesMatch "^\.ph(p[345]?|t|tml|ps)$">
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

# Running PHP scripts in user directories is disabled by default
# 
# To re-enable PHP in user directories comment the following lines
# (from <IfModule ...> to </IfModule>.) Do NOT set it to On as it
# prevents .htaccess files from disabling it.
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
    <Directory /home/*/public_html>
        php_admin_flag engine Off
    </Directory>
</IfModule>
EOF

sudo cp php7.conf /etc/apache2/mods-available
sudo service apache2 start
php -v