diff --git a/debian/resources/php.sh b/debian/resources/php.sh
index 53707db..eacfda5 100755
--- a/debian/resources/php.sh
+++ b/debian/resources/php.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,34 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 #send a message
 verbose "Configuring PHP"
 
-#change the version of php for debian stretch
-if [ ."$os_codename" = ."stretch" ]; then
-       if [ ."$cpu_architecture" = ."arm" ]; then
-              php_version=7.2
-       fi 
+#add the repos
+if [ ."$os_name" = ."Ubuntu" ]; then
+        #16.10.x - */yakkety/
+        #16.04.x - */xenial/
+        #14.04.x - */trusty/
+        if [ ."$os_codename" = ."trusty" ]; then
+                which add-apt-repository || apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+                LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
+        fi
+elif [ ."$cpu_architecture" = ."arm" ]; then
+	#Pi2 and Pi3 Raspbian
+	#Odroid
+	if [ ."$os_codename" = ."stretch" ]; then
+	      php_version=7.2
+	else
+	      php_version=5.6
+	fi
+	apt-get -y install apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates
+	wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
+	sh -c 'echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list'
+else
+        #9.x - */stretch/
+        #8.x - */jessie/
+	apt-get -y install apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates
+	wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
+	sh -c 'echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list'
 fi
+apt-get update -y
 
 #install dependencies
 apt-get install -y nginx