laravel can't find mcrypt extension in php 5.5

Question

I get mcrypt error when I try to execute composer update command for Laravel 4.1 as follows:

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

 [RuntimeException]  
 Error Output:

I already used the commands in order to install php5-mcrypt as below:

 sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
 sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini
 sudo php5enmod mcrypt
 sudo service apache2 restart

What is wrong in here?

this doesn't have to do with apache ... what OS are you on ? — lagbox, May 28 '14 at 20:08
yes you are right. I forgot explaining. It is Ubuntu 14.04 TLS — Onur, May 28 '14 at 20:10
can you verify that /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini is a file and not a sym link ? — lagbox, May 28 '14 at 20:14
in that folder, mcrypt.ini is a file but 20-mcrypt.ini is a symlink. — Onur, May 28 '14 at 20:17
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16830405/laravel-requires-the-mcrypt-php-extension?lq=1 — The Alpha, May 28 '14 at 20:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '14 at 20:20

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Remove the 20-mcrypt.ini symlink from the /etc/php5/mods-available folder

Try the php5enmod again.

If that isn't working still you can try.

sudo ln -s /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini

answered May 28 '14 at 20:20

lagbox

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I removed 20-mcrypt.ini from /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/ and it worked. Thank you very much! – Onur May 28 '14 at 20:27

laravel can't find mcrypt extension in php 5.5

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