How to install MCrypt PHP Extension on CentOS 7.0 x64

Question

I am using laravel framework. laravel project running requirement is MCrypt. i m trying to install but i m facing error

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 2014-09-18 13:25:27 ERROR 404: Not Found.

yum install php-mcrypt

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror

Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

• base: centos.someimage.com

• extras: mirrors.mit.edu

• updates: mirror.lug.udel.edu

No package php-mcrypt available.

Error: Nothing to do

Answer 1

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm

yum install php-mcrypt*

Answer 2

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/beta/7/x86_64/epel-release-7-1.noarch.rpm

sudo yum install epel-release-7-1.noarch.rpm

yum install php-mcrypt*

restart Apache

sudo service httpd restart

Answer 3

You may need to install EPEL repository.

http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/

Then try to install mcrypt extension

Open terminal as root (su)

wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/beta/7/x86_64/epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm

rpm -ivh epel-release-7-0.2.noarch.rpm

yum update

yum install php-mcrypt*