Laravel requires the Mcrypt PHP extension

Question

I am trying to use the migrate function in Laravel 4 on OSX. However, I am getting the following error:

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Answer 1

If you are using Z Shell, just do the following:

1. Open terminal
2. sudo nano ~/.zshrc
3. Paste this; export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.10/bin:$PATH
4. Save
5. Run source ~/.zshrc
6. Run which php - you should get the MAMP 5.6.10 path

5.6.10 is the version of PHP you set in your MAMP.