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Reputation: 4359

Having trouble installing Mcrypt for a Laravel project

I'm a noob with terminals and I'm trying to start learning Laravel. However, every time I run

composer create-project laravel/laravel projectname --prefer-dist

I get a error saying Mcrypt PHP extension required. I have been searching around for two days now, I tried mcrypt installers, Homebrew, MAMP and I still get the same error.

My PHP version is 5.4.30, and I'm on OS X. I tried upgrading to 5.5 but it still says 5.4.30. Does anyone know what is going wrong or what a possible fix is?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 178

Answers (2)

Larry Borsato
Larry Borsato

Reputation: 394

I just went through this yesterday. This guide helped me tremendously - http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/install-mcrypt-php-mac-osx-10-9-mavericks-development-server/.

Upvotes: 0

user1607016
user1607016

Reputation: 475

Because Mcrypt is an extension which is not shipped within the PHP package. You need to install it on your server with this command:

sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

And restart the webserver to let it kick in.

Upvotes: 1

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