diff --git a/roles/webserver/tasks/install_php.yml b/roles/webserver/tasks/install_php.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7fe13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/webserver/tasks/install_php.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- name: webserver | apache | installing php
+  package:
+    name:
+      - php
+      - php-mysqli
+    state: latest
diff --git a/roles/webserver/tasks/main.yml b/roles/webserver/tasks/main.yml
index 73c33a5..239d87e 100644
--- a/roles/webserver/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/webserver/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     when:
       - nginx is defined
       - nginx == true
+  - import_tasks: install_php.yml
   - name: webserver | certbot | install certbot
     package:
       name: certbot