By default Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) now comes with php 7.0
You can install php 5.6 in parallel and switch between them using the following instructions:
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php apt update apt install php5.6 libapache2-mod-php5.6 php5.6-curl php5.6-gd php5.6-mbstring php5.6-mcrypt php5.6-mysql php5.6-xml php5.6-xmlrpc a2dismod php7.0 a2enmod php5.6 systemctl restart apache2
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