I keep getting this error
Mcrypt PHP extension required
at the bottom after I run a composer update
:
You'll need to add the line
extension=mcrypt.so
In your phi.ini file responsible for the CLI PHP version. To find where it is, run:
php -i | grep 'Configuration File'
After update brew:
brew update
brew upgrade
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew tap josegonzalez/homebrew-php
If you have installed php5.6 (or higher), you can use the following command to find out what versions are available in brew:
$ brew search mcrypt
homebrew/php/php53-mcrypt homebrew/php/php55-mcrypt homebrew/php/php70-mcrypt mcrypt
homebrew/php/php54-mcrypt homebrew/php/php56-mcrypt homebrew/php/php71-mcrypt
In my case, I am using php7.0:
$ brew install php70-mcrypt
In use XAMPP on my Mac, so I had to install php and then compile mcrypt using pecl, after that I copied mcrypt.so to XAMPP.
The actual list of available releases is: http://pecl.php.net/package/mcrypt
The commands was:
echo Install php...
brew install php
/usr/local/opt/php/bin/php -v
echo Correction of "error Connection to `ssl://pecl.php.net:443' failed"...
wget http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem
sudo cp cacert.pem /private/etc/ssl/cert.pem
sudo mv cacert.pem /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/share/openssl/cert.pem
/usr/local/opt/php/bin/pecl list-all
echo Compile and Install mcrypt.so...
sudo /usr/local/opt/php/bin/pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1
The last message of build process of pecl was:
Build process completed successfully Installing '/usr/local/Cellar/php/7.2.7/pecl/20170718/mcrypt.so' install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/mcrypt-1.0.1 Extension mcrypt enabled in php.ini
Based on path of build process I copied the compiled mcrypt.so to XAMPP and enable the extension on php.ini:
sudo cp /usr/local/Cellar/php/7.2.7/pecl/20170718/mcrypt.so /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20170718/mcrypt.so
echo 'extension=mcrypt.so' >> /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini
Check if it works:
/Applications/XAMPP/bin/php -i | grep "mcrypt"
The result have to be:
mcrypt mcrypt support => enabled mcrypt_filter support => enabled mcrypt.algorithms_dir => no value => no value mcrypt.modes_dir => no value => no value
Remember to restart Apache to see it working using browser.
Maybe it helps someone and I win one thumbs up. Thanks
I solved this by running the following commands
brew update
brew upgrade
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew tap josegonzalez/homebrew-php
brew install php54-mcrypt
php --version // To Test your php
sudo composer update
No more Mcrypt warning !!
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Nothing to install or update
Generating autoload files
Generating optimized class loader
On macOS High Sierra I did this steps:
1- Search the package:
brew search mcrypt
Result:
==> Searching local taps... homebrew/php/php71-mcrypt mcrypt homebrew/php/php53-mcrypt
homebrew/php/php54-mcrypt homebrew/php/php55-mcrypt homebrew/php/php56-mcrypt homebrew/php/php70-mcrypt libtomcrypt
2- Search my php version to know what can I need to install:
php --version
Result:
PHP 7.1.7 (cli) (built: Jul 15 2017 18:08:09) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
3- Install the correct package, for me was 7.1.7 => homebrew/php/php71-mcrypt
brew install homebrew/php/php71-mcrypt
4- Find the find "mcrypt.so" extension file
find /usr/ -type f -name "mcrypt.so"
Result:
find: /usr//local/Cellar/php71-mcrypt/7.1.13_19/mcrypt.so
5- Search the php.ini
php -i | grep 'Configuration File'
Result (if exist):
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php.ini
6- Add the next line at the end on /etc/php.ini (see the last step your correct path) the extension mcrypt.so
extension=/usr/local/Cellar/php71-mcrypt/7.1.13_19/mcrypt.so
Finish, you can now execute your command.