How to install php5?

Question

linux

What repositories do I need to add to install php5?
Tried - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
During installation, it says -
E: Candidate for installation was not found for the "php5" package.
So it turned out that the old site engine and you need regular mysql and not mysqli

Answer 1

Everything is simpler https://ckon.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/put-mysql-fu...
Library for php7 to work with mysql

Answer 2

sudo apt install php5-cli
well, the rest of the required modules are also php5-MODULE_NAME

Answer 3

is it just for local testing?

Answer 4

Install LAMP
All included, and apache2 and php and mysql
Here is the instruction