Enable Mcrypt on PHP Install
Solution 1
I figured it out through a combination of tutorials:
- Added libmcrypt.dll to the System32 folder
- Uncommnted the include_path var in php.ini and added the path to ext
- Restarted Apache
Thankfully, no system reboot was required. Whether one or both of the above was necessary, it doesn't matter now that mcrypt is functioning. Thanks, everyone.
Solution 2
The other answers has the necessary steps about check the \ext\php_mcrypt.dll
exists and enable the extension in php.ini
. Beside this, you need to copy {Your-PHP-Root}\libmcrypt.dll
to {Your-Apache-Root}\bin
, then restart apache, the problem should be solved.
Comments
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justacoder almost 2 years
I have PHP 5.2.14 installed on a Windows box (installed via .msi) using Apache 2.2.16. The install came with both ext/php_mcrypt.dll and libmcrypt.dll but when I uncommented extension=php_mcrypt.dll in php.ini and restarted Apache it doesn't enable. phpinfo() shows nothing for it. What am I missing?
UPDATE:
I looked at my error logs and it spit this out to me:
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\PHP5\ext\php_mcrypt.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\r\n in Unknown on line 0I read up a bit about this and I don't have any php dll's stored in the windows32/ folder, so I'm confused.