LAMP: Linux/ Apache / MySQL / PHP: Upgrading PHP to 7.1 and enabling extensions
Step 1:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install php7.1 # for PHP 7.1
Step 2:
Install extension with the following commands
sudo apt-get install php7.1-gd php7.1-mysql php7.1-dom php7.1-cli php7.1-json php7.1-common php7.1-mbstring php7.1-opcache php7.1-readline