PHP mcrypt not compiled properly

Question

I have tried everything but I not able to fix this error. I installed PHP by downloading it and then ran:

brew install php55-mcrypt

I had initially installed it with PHP 5.3 then Laravel complained that it has to be greater than 5.4. So everything got messed up.

I am on MAC 10.7. Can someone help me?

php -v

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: mcrypt: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with module API=20090626
PHP    compiled with module API=20121212
These options need to match
 in Unknown on line 0
PHP 5.5.1 (cli) (built: Aug 14 2013 10:31:02) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies

This doesn't go to solve your immediate issue, but consider using Vagrant or another VM-based solution so you don't have to go through this type of stuff on your Macintosh. It's very non-standard Posix-ish setup causes all sorts of trouble :D http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/vagrant-what-why-and-how/ — fideloper, Aug 14 '13 at 21:42

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '15 at 14:22

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brew reinstall mcrypt --build-from-source php56-mcrypt --build-from-source

Build from source is an option which will force brew to compile from source rather than using a bottle.

answered Sep 05 '15 at 14:22

Rahman Malik

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Error: No available formula with the name "php56-mcrypt" – Pratik Mehta Oct 19 '18 at 12:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '13 at 18:59

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Since you had a previous installation of PHP (5.3), and now you just installed a newer version (5.5.1), maybe the new PHP installation are pointing to some old locations.

Look for any php.ini you're using, and verify the extension_dir directive.

The last suggestion would be to reinstall PHP 5.5.1.

answered Aug 14 '13 at 18:59

Rubens Mariuzzo

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Thanks for the suggestion .. But I have updated the extention_dir entry in the php.ini .. but did not change anything .. still getting the error .. – Fox Aug 14 '13 at 19:38
Also I have reinstalled PHP 5.5 but no progress .. :( – Fox Aug 14 '13 at 19:38
Strange... Seems like I can't be of help. – Rubens Mariuzzo Aug 14 '13 at 19:41

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 05 '13 at 05:49

The warning is because of mismatch between php-mcrypt module version and php version in the server. I am not that familiar with brew as I am a Macports user however depending on your unix ditro you can do something like:

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yum list installed | grep php55

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Sample output:
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php55-gd.x86_64                        5.2.14-2.el5.art                   installed
php55-imap.x86_64                      5.2.14-2.el5.art                  installed
php55-mbstring.x86_64                  5.2.14-2.el5.art                installed
**php55-mcrypt.x86_64                    5.1.6-15.el5.centos.1        installed**
php55-mysql.x86_64                     5.2.14-2.el5.art                  installed
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We can see the php-mcrypt module associated with earlier version of PHP.

How to fix the error?

Update php-mcrypt module to fix the error.

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yum update php-mcrypt

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hope that helps

He uses MAC OS X and not RHEL/Fedora, so using yum would really help — rm-, Feb 07 '14 at 07:58

PHP mcrypt not compiled properly

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