Installing Mcrypt extension for PHP on Mac OS X 10.5.8

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How do I install mcrypt? I'm using Leopard 10.5.8 with PHP5.

score 9 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 02 '11 at 03:55

Ok, I just spent 1.5 hours trying to do this myself on 10.6.7

I believe the solution was this:

I installed php5-mcrypt + universal with macports:

$ sudo macports php5-mcrypt +universal

then, you can't just put extension=mycrypt.so in the php.ini file, you have to put the direct path i.e.:

extension = /opt/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/mcrypt.so

you see, PHP looks in /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/ which is the difference I missed!!

Then just restart apache with your

$ sudo apachectl -k graceful

and then

$ php -m | grep mcrypt

to make sure it's there.

Hope this helps someone!

Thanks so much! I was pulling my hair out on this. – Jeffrey Sweeney Nov 12 '12 at 15:25 — Jeffrey Sweeney, Nov 12 '12 at 15:25

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '09 at 16:41

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 # Edit macports.conf
cd /opt/local/etc/macports
sudo nano macports.conf
# Change the line ....
universal_archs ppc i386
# to ...
universal_archs ppc ppc64 i386 x86_64

# Get the MCRYPT Library
sudo port install mcrypt +universal

Source: This page.

answered Sep 19 '09 at 16:41

Zed

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Follow the instructions; checking info.php -- no mcrypt. Ideas? – Tomer Lichtash Sep 19 '09 at 16:52
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Did php compile without warnings with mcrypt enabled? – Zed Sep 19 '09 at 17:12
In which stage? I'm not quite sure. If you'd tell me which command to run, it'll be very helpful. – Tomer Lichtash Sep 19 '09 at 17:25
Well if you look at the linked page, below "Build and Install PHP". Commands to run are the lines in the orange box, not starting with hashmarks. – Zed Sep 19 '09 at 17:43
Error: Target org.macports.extract returned: shell command failed (see log for details) – malhal Aug 11 '14 at 13:56

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 14 '15 at 20:42

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It depends on how you've installed PHP.

If you installed PHP via macports, you can:

sudo port install php5-mcrypt +universal

If you custom-compiled your PHP, it's probably easiest to just recompile with:

--with-mcrypt=/path/to/mcrypt

(Not sure where macports actually keeps it, since I don't use macports, but just compile my AMP stack (and most dependencies) from source)

edited Nov 14 '15 at 20:42

Matt

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answered Sep 19 '09 at 16:57

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I tried running 'sudo port install php5-mcrypt +universal" and got this: Skipping org.macports.activate (mcrypt +universal) since this port is already active But info.php shows nothing, and phpMyAdmin still claims mcrypt is nowhere around its sight. – Tomer Lichtash Sep 19 '09 at 17:23

Installing Mcrypt extension for PHP on Mac OS X 10.5.8

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