Problems with installing mcrypt support for php54 using Homebrew on Mountain Lion
Well, after much trial and error, I solved the issue.
I first had to uninstall php54-mcrypt again to remove the --without-homebrew-php
flag and reinstall it with support for the php version installed by homebrew.
$ brew uninstall php54-mcrypt
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/php54-mcrypt/5.4.11...
$ brew install php54-mcrypt
...
==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/php54-mcrypt/5.4.11: 3 files, 56K, built in 33 seconds
Then, I edited my httpd.conf file and changed the location of php. I just commented out the system PHP and added a new line to the LoadModule directives to the PHP installed through Homebrew.
#LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
I then installed phpmyadmin through Homebrew with
brew install phpmyadmin
Then I added the following to the bottom of httpd.conf
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/local/share/phpmyadmin
<Directory /usr/local/share/phpmyadmin/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
I made any changes I need to make in the homebrew installed php.ini located at /usr/local/etc/php/5.4/php.ini
and modified the configuration file for phpmyadmin located in /usr/local/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
.
I then restarted apache using sudo apachectl restart
All is good to go!
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Ali Samii over 1 year
I am trying to install mcrypt support in php 5.4.11 on Mountain Lion using Homebrew and I am getting problems I cannot resolve.
I had already manually installed PHP 5.4.11 on my Mac. mcrypt had been previously installed using Homebrew.
When I would load phpMyAdmin, it would tell me that mcrypt is not enabled.
So, searching google, I realised that somehow, mcrypt was not being loaded as there was no reference to it when I loaded my phpinfo file.
@DavidYell in a response to another question, Installing mcrypt extension for PHP on OSX Mountain Lion suggested the following fix
brew install mcrypt php53-mcrypt
Below is the result of my issuing the command:
$ brew install mcrypt php54-mcrypt Error: mcrypt-2.5.8 already installed ==> Installing php54-mcrypt dependency: autoconf ==> Downloading http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf/autoconf-2.69.tar.gz ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69 ==> make install 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/autoconf/2.69: 69 files, 2.0M, built in 29 seconds ==> Installing php54-mcrypt dependency: freetype ==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/freetype-2.4.10.mountainlion.bottle.tar.gz ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Pouring freetype-2.4.10.mountainlion.bottle.tar.gz 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/freetype/2.4.10: 56 files, 2.5M ==> Installing php54-mcrypt dependency: gettext ==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/gettext-0.18.2.mountain_lion.bottle.tar.gz ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Pouring gettext-0.18.2.mountain_lion.bottle.tar.gz ==> Caveats This formula is keg-only: so it was not symlinked into /usr/local. OS X provides the BSD gettext library and some software gets confused if both are in the library path. Generally there are no consequences of this for you. If you build your own software and it requires this formula, you'll need to add to your build variables: LDFLAGS: -L/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/include ==> Summary 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.2: 366 files, 11M ==> Installing php54-mcrypt dependency: libpng ==> Downloading https://downloads.sf.net/project/machomebrew/Bottles/libpng-1.5.13.mountainlion.bottle.tar.gz ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Pouring libpng-1.5.13.mountainlion.bottle.tar.gz 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/libpng/1.5.13: 14 files, 1.0M ==> Installing php54-mcrypt dependency: zlib ==> Downloading http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.7.tar.gz ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Patching patching file configure ==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/zlib/1.2.7 ==> make install ==> Caveats This formula is keg-only: so it was not symlinked into /usr/local. Mac OS X already provides this software and installing another version in parallel can cause all kinds of trouble. Generally there are no consequences of this for you. If you build your own software and it requires this formula, you'll need to add to your build variables: LDFLAGS: -L/usr/local/opt/zlib/lib CPPFLAGS: -I/usr/local/opt/zlib/include ==> Summary 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/zlib/1.2.7: 9 files, 384K, built in 15 seconds ==> Installing php54-mcrypt dependency: php54 ==> Downloading http://www.php.net/get/php-5.4.11.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Downloading patches ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> Patching patching file Makefile.global patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line ==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11 --localstatedir=/usr/local/var --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/php/5.4 --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc/php/5.4 --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/etc/php/5.4/conf.d --with-iconv-dir=/usr --enable-dba --with-ndbm=/usr --enable-exif --enable-soap --enable-w ==> make ==> make install ==> /usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11/bin/pear config-set php_ini /usr/local/etc/php/5.4/php.ini ==> Caveats To enable PHP in Apache add the following to httpd.conf and restart Apache: LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so The php.ini file can be found in: /usr/local/etc/php/5.4/php.ini ✩✩✩✩ PEAR ✩✩✩✩ If PEAR complains about permissions, 'fix' the default PEAR permissions and config: chmod -R ug+w /usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11/lib/php pear config-set php_ini /usr/local/etc/php/5.4/php.ini ✩✩✩✩ Extensions ✩✩✩✩ If you are having issues with custom extension compiling, ensure that this php is in your PATH: PATH="$(brew --prefix josegonzalez/php/php54)/bin:$PATH" PHP54 Extensions will always be compiled against this PHP. Please install them using --without-homebrew-php to enable compiling against system PHP. ==> Summary 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11: 485 files, 37M, built in 7.2 minutes ==> Installing php54-mcrypt ==> Downloading http://www.php.net/get/php-5.4.11.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror ######################################################################## 100.0% ==> /usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11/bin/phpize ==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/php54-mcrypt/5.4.11 --with-php-config=/usr/local/Cellar/php54/5.4.11/bin/php-config --with-mcrypt=/usr/local/Cellar ==> make ==> Caveats To finish installing mcrypt for PHP 5.4: * /usr/local/etc/php/5.4/conf.d/ext-mcrypt.ini was created, do not forget to remove it upon extension removal. * Restart your webserver. * Write a PHP page that calls "phpinfo();" * Load it in a browser and look for the info on the mcrypt module. * If you see it, you have been successful! ==> Summary 🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/php54-mcrypt/5.4.11: 3 files, 56K, built in 111 seconds
After restarting apache with
sudo apachectl restart
I reloaded phpinfo and still no mcrypt.Since php54-mcrypt was installed on the Homebrew installation of php, I went ahead and uninstalled it with
brew uninstall php54-mcrypt
and then reinstalled it usingbrew install php54-mcrypt --without-homebrew-php
.Restarted apache and loaded phpinfo, and still no mcrypt.
How do I fix this issue. I would be happy to just have homebrew install php, crypt, and phpmyadmin for me, but I can't seem to resolve this issue with my current setup, which was based on the advice found in http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/server/upgrading-the-native-php-installation-on-os-x-mountain-lion/.
Thanks.
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Thomas Maurstad Larsson over 10 years@EricLeroy: You might need to remove "usr" from the php5_module link above. When I did that, it worked for me. (If the problem is the PHP version) If it's mcrypt, I had to use "brew uninstall mcrypt" and then "brew install php55-mcrypt". (for PHP5.5) You'll get it right eventually.
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tomvo over 10 yearsAfter messing around with mcrypt for a long time I found that
brew uninstall mcrypt
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Yekver over 9 yearsI think that you have to use this path to include php module:
LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/opt/php54/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
The season is that there is no strict php version dependency in it.