php error: The Encrypt library requires the Mcrypt extension in codeigniter

Question

I have a login and sign up form and use the encrypt library to encrypt the password.. I am using Xampp for my server and my system works correctly..

code to encrypt

Answer 1

You should install the PHP mcrypt module;

sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
sudo php5enmod mcrypt

And normally you will be good ;)