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Jhonatan Valencia
Asked: 2020-04-05 13:59:17 +0800 CST 2020-04-05 13:59:17 +0800 CST

Mcrypt PHP extension required

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what happens to me is that I have to work on a project that is in laravel4.2 and my xammp has php 7.2.3 and when I try to run the project I get the error Mcrypt PHP extension required. I have tried to change the version of Xammp but the error persists

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  1. Best Answer

    You must check in XAMPP the php.ini file where you must locate the following 2 files (if they exist)

    ;extension=php_mcrypt.dll
;extension=php_mcrypt_filter.dll

    As notes they have a semicolon at the beginning which indicates that they are disabled; therefore you must remove these symbols so that they are as follows

    extension=php_mcrypt.dll
extension=php_mcrypt_filter.dll

    Once you make those changes, save your php.ini file and restart XAMPP

    Now I understand that you say you are working on a project already done

    in that version, but consider the pros and cons as that version is no longer supported

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