Install php-mcrypt on CentOS 6

Question

I have been trying to install php-mcrypt for a while now. Everytime I get the \"No package php-mcrypt available.\" returned to me. Here\'s what I\'ve tried:

Answer 1

First find out your PHP version. In my case 5.6.

php --version

PHP 5.6.27 (cli) (built: Oct 15 2016 21:31:59) Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies

Then:

sudo yum search mcrypt

And choose the best one for your version from the list, I used php56w-mcrypt.

  $ sudo yum search mcrypt
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  ..... output truncated ....

libmcrypt-devel.i686 : Development libraries and headers for libmcrypt
libmcrypt-devel.x86_64 : Development libraries and headers for libmcrypt
libtomcrypt-devel.i686 : Development files for libtomcrypt
libtomcrypt-devel.x86_64 : Development files for libtomcrypt
libtomcrypt-doc.noarch : Documentation files for libtomcrypt
php-mcrypt.x86_64 : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support
php55w-mcrypt.x86_64 : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support

# either of these are fine:
php56-php-mcrypt.x86_64 : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support
php56w-mcrypt.x86_64 : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support

php70-php-mcrypt.x86_64 : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support
php70w-mcrypt.x86_64 : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support
php71-php-mcrypt.x86_64 : Standard PHP module provides mcrypt library support
libmcrypt.i686 : Encryption algorithms library
libmcrypt.x86_64 : Encryption algorithms library
libtomcrypt.i686 : A comprehensive, portable cryptographic toolkit
libtomcrypt.x86_64 : A comprehensive, portable cryptographic toolkit
mcrypt.x86_64 : Replacement for crypt()
```

Finally:

sudo service httpd restart