PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mcrypt.so'

Question

I am trying to update laravel using composer update on ubuntu 06.04 but everytime i run composer update this warning always comes up.

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Answer 1

Also, if you're using php 7.2 & are getting this error and you know do not want/need mcrypt, but do not know how to exclude it.... You need edit your php.ini file and either comment this out by using a semi-colon in front of it:

; extension=mcrypt.so

or just delete that line entirely.