Mcrypt with Mamp Pro on Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10

Question

After the Yosemite update yesterday, something is messed up with the Mcrypt extension. The PHP based artistan CLI of the Laravel framework returns:

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Answer 1

1) First check what php.ini file is loaded:

php --ini

You will probably see that none of the files have been loaded.

2) If you don't mind reinstalling php you can do this:

curl -s http://php-osx.liip.ch/install.sh | bash -s 5.6

3) Then set the path to your new php installation in order to avoid using the native php that comes with OSX.

In order to set the path use this command - something like this, bear in mind that your path could be different:

export PATH=/usr/local/php5/bin:$PATH

Answer 2

I just had the same problem.

Just use PHP Version 5.5.17 in MAMP and everything should work fine again.

Remember to switch the version in your .bash_profile too:

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.17/bin:$PATH

Answer 3

I've contacted MAMP support, and this is what they responded.

Hi,

Our php.ini file is messed up for 5.6.1. Go to your template files and change this line

/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1 ....

to

/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226

We will have a full fix in a few days. You can also just downgrade to php 5.5. in the meantime.

Answer 4

The hotfix was applied this morning MAMP & MAMP PRO 3.0.7.2 Published: 2014-10-21. Default php 5.6.2

Don't forget to update .bash_profile

export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.2/bin:$PATH

Everything works fine on my local and it also works fine with drush (for those that use it)

Answer 5

the same error with you, but I perfect sloved it now:

• Stop your MAMP
• Open /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/conf/php.ini
• Find all "no-debug-non-zts-20121212" replace by "no-debug-non-zts-20131226"
• Open /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/conf/pear.conf
• Find "no-debug-non-zts-20100525" replace by "no-debug-non-zts-20131226"
• Start your server

I recommend you unistall OS X's default php and apache Path:

/etc/apache2
/usr/include/apahce2
/usr/libexec/apache2
/usr/php
/usr/bin/php
/usr/bin/php-config
/usr/bin/phpize
/usr/include/php
/usr/lib/php
/usr/share/man/man*/php*
/usr/bin/phar.phar

then

sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/pear /usr/bin/pear
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/peardev /usr/bin/peardev
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/pecl /usr/bin/pecl
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/phar.phar /usr/bin/phar.phar
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/php /usr/bin/php
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/php-cgi /usr/bin/php-cgi
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/php-config /usr/bin/php-config
sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.1/bin/phpize /usr/bin/phpize