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I'm trying to install Laravel on Linux Ubuntu. I'm running Ubuntu 14.10.
Everything worked alright. But now instead of getting the supposed page when accessing localhost I get the message: " Mcrypt PHP extension required " I'm copying some information from terminal to help pinpoint the problem.
which php
/usr/bin/php
php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc/php5/cli
Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php5/cli/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed: /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/05-opcache.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/10-pdo.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-json.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mysql.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mysqli.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-pdo_mysql.ini,
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-readline.ini
php -v
PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4 (cli) (built: Apr 9 2014 17:11:57)
Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.3, Copyright (c) 1999-2014, by Zend Technologies
php -m
mcrypt
The command php -m says that I have mcrypt module, but if I load a page containing
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
I can't see any mcrypt module. I only see mcrypt on the "Module Authors".
I don't know how to get Laravel to work...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards
You need to check which ini file is being loaded. PHP CLI, and PHP server can sometimes run different config files.
Create a page with:
<?php echo phpinfo(); ?>
then see which ini file is being loaded.
Installing the php5-mcrypt doesn't automatically enable the module. Maybe you have to enable it manually:
Install the module
apt-get install php5-mcrypt
Create an auxialiar symlink and enable the module
cd /etc/php5/mods-available
ln -sf ../conf.d/mcrypt.ini .
php5enmod mcrypt
And reload apache
service apache2 reload
Hope it helps!
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23562565/mcrypt-php-extension-required-in-laravel