Issue in installing php7.2-mcrypt

Question

As I\'m trying to load mcrypt extension module from PHP 7.2.X version.
So I tried to make use of PECL library that is compatible to the current version of my PHP, in ord

Answer 1

I followed below steps to install mcrypt for PHP7.2 using PECL.

1. Install PECL

apt-get install php-pecl

2. Before installing MCRYPT you must install libmcrypt

apt-get install libmcrypt-dev libreadline-dev

3. Install MCRYPT 1.0.1 using PECL

pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1

4. After the successful installation

You should add "extension=mcrypt.so" to php.ini

Please comment below if you need any assistance. :-)

IMPORTANT !

According to php.net reference many (all) mcrypt functions have been DEPRECATED as of PHP 7.1.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.