can't find mcrypt => Call to undefined function Laravel\mcrypt_create_iv()

php osx-mountain-lion mcrypt laravel
coryj picture coryj · Sep 18, 2012 · Viewed 91.8k times · Source

Trying to set up Laravel and keep getting hit with this error. I installed mcrypt through brew and it is located in /usr/local/Cellar. Any thoughts? .. It's not showing up in terminal command php -m either, if that matters. I'm running Mountaion Lion with macs native web server.

Answer

Sophy picture Sophy · Jan 9, 2013

Ubuntu or any Debian based Linux users can install the required package with apt-get:

sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

Remember to restart the web server afterwards:

sudo service apache2 restart

If it still doesn't work, try to link the configuration file to the appropriate configuration folder for the web server. Thanks to dave1010 for this hint in the comments.

sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/   # for Apache
sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/       # for CLI

And again, restart the web server:

sudo service apache2 restart

Perhaps, if not working yet, you need also the line showed by @RahulPrasad, with php5enmod mcrypt.

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