What steps should be taken to set up a local development environment for PHP, including version control with Git and a web server setup?

Setting up a local development environment for PHP involves installing a web server like Apache or Nginx, PHP, and a database like MySQL or MariaDB. Additionally, version control with Git can be set up by installing Git on your system and initializing a repository in your project directory. ```bash # Install Apache web server sudo apt-get install apache2 # Install PHP sudo apt-get install php # Install MySQL sudo apt-get install mysql-server # Install Git sudo apt-get install git # Initialize Git repository git init ```