How to Install FAMP Stack (Apache / MySQL / PHP) on FreeBSD 12?

Updated: 28 September 2026 · Applies to: FreeBSD 14

FAMP is FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL and PHP. This guide uses FreeBSD 14 (FreeBSD 12 is no longer supported).

Install

pkg update
pkg install apache24 mysql84-server php83 mod_php83 php83-mysqli php83-mbstring php83-xml
sysrc apache24_enable=yes mysql_enable=yes
service apache24 start && service mysql-server start
mysql_secure_installation

Connect PHP to Apache

Create /usr/local/etc/apache24/modules.d/001_mod-php.conf:

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
    <FilesMatch "\.php$">
        SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
    </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

Copy /usr/local/etc/php.ini-production to php.ini, then service apache24 restart. The web root is /usr/local/www/apache24/data.

Note: Package names include version numbers (for example php83, mysql84-server); check available versions with pkg search php.