Latest Version of MAMP errors on Mcrypt extension with Laravel update

Question

I am getting the usual problem with a composer update in Laravel. I am using the latest MAMP install and it seems to be using the MAMP php. 'which php' returns

php: aliased to /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.10/bin/php

However, MAMP's php info does show that mcrypt is running but when I do a composer update it fails on 'composer update'

Generating autoload files
Mcrypt PHP extension required.
Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-update-cmd event returned with an error

So no autoload files are being generated. How to fix?

possible duplicate question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16830405/laravel-requires-the-mcrypt-php-extension — Latheesan, Apr 28 '14 at 14:27
Is not MAMP supposed to have the mycrypt extension running? How do I load it in MAMP? — user1149547, Apr 28 '14 at 15:17
I added 'extension=mcrypt.so' to the php.ini in MAMP and restarted, but no change. — user1149547, Apr 28 '14 at 15:23
MAMP phpinfo is showing mcrypt running, but I am still getting the error with composer update — user1149547, Apr 28 '14 at 15:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '14 at 17:33

You can fix this issue by doing the following:

Open Terminal and run:

alias php='/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.19/bin/php'

** Then run **

php -i | grep mcrypt

and look for

mcrypt support => enabled

Composer should work now...

Latest Version of MAMP errors on Mcrypt extension with Laravel update

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