XAMPP 7.2.5 , mcrypt not loaded , required for opencart 2.3

Question

I'm trying to install Opencart 2.3.0.2 on my local machine (mac osx). Downloaded XAMPP 7.2.5 , but can't install opencart because it needs mcrypt.

When I run phpinfo() I do see

'--with-mcrypt=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles'

but no other mentions of mcrypt. So I guess it's not loading?

How can I activate mcrypt? PHP version is 7.2.5

Possible duplicate of [How to install mcrypt extension in xampp](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37522384/how-to-install-mcrypt-extension-in-xampp) — René Höhle, Jun 12 '18 at 07:32
In the manual it says: This feature was DEPRECATED in PHP 7.1.0, and REMOVED in PHP 7.2.0. Alternatives to this feature include: Sodium (available as of PHP 7.2.0) OpenSSL http://php.net/manual/en/intro.mcrypt.php — Arno, Jun 12 '18 at 07:57
@Arno hmm .. ok .. so OpenCart needs to update that .. Or downgrade my php — fransyozef, Jun 12 '18 at 09:08
You could downgrade to 7.0 or 7.1. Both versions are a lot faster than 5.6 :) — Arno, Jun 13 '18 at 09:42
@Arno hehe .. yeah .. In the end I did that :) I went for 7.1 .. Now Opencart,XAMPP and Laravel works — fransyozef, Jun 14 '18 at 09:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '18 at 22:56

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I had the same problem with an old laravel project, I found the easier way to solve it

answered Jun 14 '18 at 22:56

Joe

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