How to enable php extensions with PHP 7

Question

I upgraded my php5 to php 7, after that i am getting following error while i am trying to install drupal 7.

I already tried to search and enable the "PHP Extension" findings are to install "apt-get install php5-gd" but mine is php7.

Run apt-cache search php7-* to find out the name of extension you need,something like php7.1-gd then apt-get install php7.1-gd — Mihai
– Mihai, Commented Feb 1, 2016 at 12:33
Thanks gd is installed successfully now. But still its showing the same error :( — visabhishek
– visabhishek, Commented Feb 1, 2016 at 13:03
how does drupal 7 run with PHP7 ? what issues did you run into? — Patoshi パトシ
– Patoshi パトシ, Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 23:53

reformed · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-30 12:48:23Z

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You must remove php7.1-gd and install php-7.0gd:

sudo apt-get remove php7.1-gd -y
sudo apt-get install php7.0-gd -y

Good luck! ;)

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For folks running PHP7.1 with D7, this answer is best! You must remove 7.1 and install 7.0 for the error to go away (restart apache also).

Same for PHP7.2. Removing php7.2-gd is not necessary. Just install php7.0-gd alongside it.