Mcrypt PHP extension required

Question

I installed laravel via composer, but when running the site its giving an error of

Mcrypt PHP extension required.

I installed php5-mcrypt also, but still the error persist.

did all that but not working, restarted, checked Mcrypt is not there — Ayush Ghosh
– Ayush Ghosh, Commented Aug 4, 2014 at 11:51

mouhammed · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-04 11:50:47Z

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Mcrypt is installed but not enabled use

sudo php5enmod mcrypt sudo service apache2 restart

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:49:30Z

You need to check that wheather the configuration files has been linked properly.It can be done via php5enmod.

Remove the symlink created by

sudo rm /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini

Then use the php5enmod tool

sudo php5enmod mcrypt

Finally reload apache

sudo service apache2 reload

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