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

Even if you enable mcrypt in php.ini, this issue may occur. Try the following steps.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mcrypt php7.0-mcrypt

I am working in ubuntu 16.04 and the following commands also helped me.

whereis php  -shows the files with this name
php -v   -shows the php version
which php -shows current php version that is running on the server

Answer 2

Had the same issue - PHP7 missing mcrypt.

This worked for me. When asked, keep local PHP configuration files.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mcrypt php7.0-mcrypt
sudo apt-get upgrade

Restart FPM (or Apache or NGINX etc.) after installation.

Answer 3

I'm on Mac and with laravel valet I've solved with this:

brew install php70-mcrypt

Answer 4

do like this:

1. wget http://jp2.php.net/distributions/php-7.0.3.tar.gz
2. tar zxf php-7.0.3.tar.gz
3. cd php-7.0.3/ext/mcrypt
4. /php7-path/bin/phpize (when error such as configure: error: mcrypt.h not found. Please reinstall libmcrypt run apt-get install libmcrypt-dev)
5. ./configure --with-php-config=/php7-path/bin/php-config
6. (sudo) make && make install .this will install the mcrypt.so in php-7.0.3/ext/mcrypt/modules
7. cp to the /usr/lib/php/20151012/ what is the shared extensions dir
8. create a mcrypt.ini in /etc/php/mods-available/ write as extension=mcrypt.so
9. create link to this such as sudo ln -s /etc/php/mods-available/mcrypt.ini 20-mcrypt.ini in /etc/php/7.0/fpm/conf.d
10. create link to this such as sudo ln -s /etc/php/mods-available/mcrypt.ini 20-mcrypt.ini in /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d
11. sudo service nginx restart
12. sudo service php7.0-fpm restart
13. yes it is.

Answer 5

php7 have mcrypt, you can enable it in php.ini and then everything will work fine.

Answer 6

Open terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T and run following commands for PHP7.0 on Ubuntu 16.4

sudo apt-get install mcrypt php7.0-mcrypt
sudo service apache2 restart