Laravel undefined function openssl_encrypt()

Question

I use laravel5.1 and it works fine on php cli. But i publish my porject to apache(version == 2.4), the problem happened.

FatalErrorException in Encryp

Answer 1

Follow the below steps:

• In PHP 7.4.3 duplicate "php.ini-development" file and rename it to "php.ini"
• Then, remove the semi-colons in front of "extension=openssl", "extension=mbstring", and "extension_dir = ext" inside the "php.ini" file.

This worked for me and I hope it helps someone else.

Answer 2

I am using wampserver and i had the same problem. Openssl was enabled in php.ini but there is another ini called phpForApache which has a line to enable openssl too. It worked for me.

Answer 3

as most point out, you need to uncomment openssl extension in php.ini.

I was struggling with the same too and i realized php is looking for extensions in "c:\php", but mine was a xampp installation. Pointing extension_dir in php.ini to correct php extension path; in my case "c:\xampp\php.7\ext" solved the issue.

Hope that helps somebody.