Install Mcrypt on macOS

Install-Mcrypt.md

Setup php-mcrypt on macOS (and versions of Mac OS X)

These steps should have been mentioned in the prerequisites of the Laravel Installation Guide, since I'm surely not the only person trying to get Laravel running on macOS.

Install

Install Mcrypt using Homebrew and PECL (comes with PHP)

# PHP 7.3
$ brew install mcrypt
$ pecl install mcrypt-1.0.3

Find your php.ini:

$ php -i | grep "Loaded Configuration File"
Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/etc/php/7.3/php.ini

Add this line to your php.ini:

extension=/usr/local/Cellar/php/7.3.x/pecl/20180731/mcrypt.so

Historic Answer

Install Mcrypt using Homebrew

# PHP 7
$ brew install php70-mcrypt

# PHP 5
$ brew install php56-mcrypt --without-homebrew-php

Add this line to /private/etc/php.ini:

# PHP 7
extension="/usr/local/Cellar/php70-mcrypt/7.0.x/mcrypt.so"

# PHP 5
extension="/usr/local/Cellar/php56-mcrypt/5.6.x/mcrypt.so"

You are ready to go!

Upgrade

Upgrade Mcrypt using Homebrew

$ brew reinstall -fs php71-mcrypt

With macports:
sudo port install php71-mcrypt

I hope this one can help someone
I have tried to install mcrypt with php7.1 but I got a warning "pecl/mcrypt requires PHP (version >= 7.2.0, version <= 7.3.0, excluded versions: 7.3.0)"
so I changed to php version 7.2 and run sudo pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1
after that, I switch to PHP 7.1 and it works
I'm using mac os v10.14 and apache environment

I tried to do sudo pecl install mcrypt which tries to install mcrypt-1.0.2, but it fails on High Sierra on PHP 7.2. Using exactly sudo pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1 it did the trick.

brew install mcrypt
php -i | grep 'Configuration File'
cd {config path}/php.ini
add  extension=mcrypt.so
sudo pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1
sudo apachectl restart

OS Mojave works perfectly

brew install mcrypt
followed by
pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1

You may need to alter your php.ini file after this.

For PHP 7.3, I installed mcrypt-1.0.2 as it supports PHP>=7.2 and PHP<=7.4
brew install mcrypt
pecl install mcrypt-1.0.2

I use Mojave and PHP 7.3. This works for me.
I didn't need to edit my php.ini, pecl did it automatically

Spotted a typo in the title: s/php-mycrypt/php-mcrypt/.

php 7.2

brew install mcrypt
pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1

Pecl installation failed. I see, that my directory links was broken.

in /usr/local/Cellar/php@7.2/7.2.15/share/php@7.2/pear/System.php:294 I so that it try to create /usr/local/Cellar/php@7.2/7.2.15/pecl . In the fact it's a broken link to /usr/local/lib/php/pecl. That directory was not created. If you have something like thiis, you need to create another link, like:

cd /usr/local/lib/php && ln -s 20170718 pecl

Thanks @daniel-esparragoza

php 7.3

brew install mcrypt
pecl install mcrypt-1.0.3

for php 7.2 on High Sierra, similar to above, this worked for me:

brew install mcrypt
$(brew --prefix php@7.2)/bin/pecl install mcrypt

(you might need --force on the pecl install)

no me funciona nada en laravel 4.2y php7.3 y mac os catalina

@daniel-esparragoza puedes compartir tu php.ini

@daniel-esparragoza puedes compartir tu php.ini

https://gist.github.com/daniel-esparragoza/3c25c640fd1cb701115535eea7a3c0a9

With macports:
sudo port install php71-mcrypt

and where is the mcrypt.so located after this?

With macports:
sudo port install php71-mcrypt

and where is the mcrypt.so located after this?

yes, help us captain

If you use Laravel Valet, give a valet restart command after installing mcrypt so the system should recognise the lib.

try pecl install mcrypt <<<"$(ls -d $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/mcrypt/* | tail -1)"

Thanks @danmolina, worked!

Hi there! I solved this problem in Mac using Mojave. I had a Laravel mcrypt dependency. I did this:

1. brew install httpd
2. brew install php@5.6
3. edit the http.conf (after installation it will tell you where's localted) and add that php version.
4. In my case, I run it using the port 8080, so I configure it to be http://localhost:8080 that way I have both running (the default).
   mcrypt will be included, however, I did too many changes to you may also need to install mcrypt by doing this:

• Also just in case (because I did too many things)
  If you still don't have mcrypt available, then:

1. Install pecl
2. sudo pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1

restart your brew apache using "sudo apachectl restart" and done!

pecl/mcrypt requires PHP (version >= 7.2.0, version <= 7.3.0, excluded versions: 7.3.0), installed version is 5.6.40
No valid packages found
install failed

above is my issue, it seems it no longer exist.

Try the following steps found here. I setup my PHP using brew tap shivammathur/php.

My PHP version 7.0 however in the link you can install other PHP versions.

1. brew tap shivammathur/extensions
2. brew install shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt@7.0

Happy coding!

Try the following steps found here. I setup my PHP using brew tap shivammathur/php.

My PHP version 7.0 however in the link you can install other PHP versions.

1. brew tap shivammathur/extensions
2. brew install shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt@7.0

Happy coding!

I tried this for php@5.6, but it's not clear what is the next step to get mcrypt working? I tried pecl install mcrypt <5.6 mcrypt dir> but didn't work? See below:

————

==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt/5.6/manifests/5.6.40-2
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt/5.6/blobs/sha256:7199e2f4e75f74f3dbc9f83625aea9732d1da
==> Downloading from https://pkg-containers.githubusercontent.com/ghcr1/blobs/sha256:7199e2f4e75f74f3dbc9f83625aea9732d1
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Installing mcrypt@5.6 from shivammathur/extensions
==> Pouring mcrypt@5.6--5.6.40.arm64_monterey.bottle.2.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /opt/homebrew
Could not symlink bin/libmcrypt-config
Target /opt/homebrew/bin/libmcrypt-config
is a symlink belonging to mcrypt. You can unlink it:
  brew unlink mcrypt

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite mcrypt@5.6

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run mcrypt@5.6

Possible conflicting files are:
/opt/homebrew/bin/libmcrypt-config -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mcrypt/2.6.8/bin/libmcrypt-config
/opt/homebrew/include/mcrypt.h -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mcrypt/2.6.8/include/mcrypt.h
/opt/homebrew/include/mutils/mcrypt.h -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mcrypt/2.6.8/include/mutils/mcrypt.h
Error: Could not symlink include/php/TSRM/TSRM.h
Target /opt/homebrew/include/php/TSRM/TSRM.h
is a symlink belonging to php@5.6. You can unlink it:
  brew unlink php@5.6

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite php@5.6

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run php@5.6

ap@MacBook-Pro ~ % pecl install mcrypt <<<"$(ls -d $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/mcrypt@5.6/* | tail -1)"
pecl/mcrypt requires PHP (version >= 7.2.0, version <= 8.2.0, excluded versions: 8.2.0), installed version is 5.6.40
No valid packages found
install failed

So, I temporarily switched to using php 7.4 and tried running again and...

pecl/mcrypt is already installed and is the same as the released version 1.0.5
install failed

Has anyone got this working recently for 5.6?

Try the following steps found here. I setup my PHP using brew tap shivammathur/php.
My PHP version 7.0 however in the link you can install other PHP versions.

1. brew tap shivammathur/extensions
2. brew install shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt@7.0

Happy coding!

I tried this for php@5.6, but it's not clear what is the next step to get mcrypt working? I tried pecl install mcrypt <5.6 mcrypt dir> but didn't work? See below:

————

==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt/5.6/manifests/5.6.40-2
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt/5.6/blobs/sha256:7199e2f4e75f74f3dbc9f83625aea9732d1da
==> Downloading from https://pkg-containers.githubusercontent.com/ghcr1/blobs/sha256:7199e2f4e75f74f3dbc9f83625aea9732d1
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Installing mcrypt@5.6 from shivammathur/extensions
==> Pouring mcrypt@5.6--5.6.40.arm64_monterey.bottle.2.tar.gz
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /opt/homebrew
Could not symlink bin/libmcrypt-config
Target /opt/homebrew/bin/libmcrypt-config
is a symlink belonging to mcrypt. You can unlink it:
  brew unlink mcrypt

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite mcrypt@5.6

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run mcrypt@5.6

Possible conflicting files are:
/opt/homebrew/bin/libmcrypt-config -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mcrypt/2.6.8/bin/libmcrypt-config
/opt/homebrew/include/mcrypt.h -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mcrypt/2.6.8/include/mcrypt.h
/opt/homebrew/include/mutils/mcrypt.h -> /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mcrypt/2.6.8/include/mutils/mcrypt.h
Error: Could not symlink include/php/TSRM/TSRM.h
Target /opt/homebrew/include/php/TSRM/TSRM.h
is a symlink belonging to php@5.6. You can unlink it:
  brew unlink php@5.6

To force the link and overwrite all conflicting files:
  brew link --overwrite php@5.6

To list all files that would be deleted:
  brew link --overwrite --dry-run php@5.6

ap@MacBook-Pro ~ % pecl install mcrypt <<<"$(ls -d $(brew --prefix)/Cellar/mcrypt@5.6/* | tail -1)"
pecl/mcrypt requires PHP (version >= 7.2.0, version <= 8.2.0, excluded versions: 8.2.0), installed version is 5.6.40
No valid packages found
install failed

So, I temporarily switched to using php 7.4 and tried running again and...

pecl/mcrypt is already installed and is the same as the released version 1.0.5
install failed

Has anyone got this working recently for 5.6?

hi,bro
I have the same problem, and i resolved it...

1.brew tap shivammathur/extensions
2. brew search mcrypt(it will show "shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt@5.6" in the list)
3. brew install shivammathur/extensions/mcrypt@5.6

you will fine mcrypt.so in the "/usr/local/mcrypt@5.6/5.6.40"

Support for PHP 7.x runs out in just a few days, you can't be serious about still using 5.x