Mcrypt PHP extension required

Question

I installed laravel via composer, but when running the site its giving an error of

Mcrypt PHP extension required.

I installed php5-mcrypt also, but still the error persist.

did all that but not working, restarted, checked Mcrypt is not there — Ayush Ghosh, Aug 04 '14 at 11:51
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16830405/laravel-requires-the-mcrypt-php-extension — Sougata Bose, Aug 04 '14 at 11:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 04 '14 at 11:50

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Mcrypt is installed but not enabled use

sudo php5enmod mcrypt
sudo service apache2 restart

edited Aug 04 '14 at 11:50

mouhammed

answered Aug 04 '14 at 11:45

Cathy

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

0

You need to check that wheather the configuration files has been linked properly.It can be done via php5enmod.

Remove the symlink created by

sudo rm /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini

Then use the php5enmod tool

sudo php5enmod mcrypt

Finally reload apache

sudo service apache2 reload

Check the source

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

Community

answered Aug 04 '14 at 11:52

Avinash Babu

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