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

sudo apt-get install php-pear php7.x-dev

x is your php version like 7.2 the php7.2-dev

apt-get install libmcrypt-dev libreadline-dev
pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1 

then add "extension=mcrypt.so" in "/etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini"

here php.ini is depends on your php installatio and apache used php version.