How can I install mcrypt under PHP7? Laravel needs it

Question

Since Laravel4 requires mcrypt extension, and PHP7 doesn\'t seem to have mcrypt extension, is there any workaround for this to work?

Answer 1

I use, Dotdeb, an extra repository providing up-to-date all kinds of cool toys for your Debian servers like Nginx, PHP, MySQL, Redis etc.

1. Update your sources.list

   deb http://packages.dotdeb.org {distribution} all 
   deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org {distribution} all
   

2. GnuPG keys

   wget https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg
   sudo apt-key add dotdeb.gpg
   

3. Update apt & build something amazing.

   sudo apt-get update