Installing mcrypt extension for PHP on OSX Mountain Lion
apache, macos, mcrypt, php
Solution
I tend to use Homebrew on Mac. It will install and configure all the stuff for you. Link
Then you should be able to install it with `brew install mcrypt php53-mcrypt` and it'll Just Work (tm).
You can replace the `53` with whatever version of PHP you're using, such as `php56-mcrypt` or `php70-mcrypt`. If you're not sure, use `brew search php`.
Do also remember that if you are using the built in Mac PHP it's installed into `/usr/bin` you can see which php you are using with `which php` at the terminal and it'll return the path.
Problem
Apologies in advance for the potential n00b questions, I am trying to install the mcrypt extension for PHP on my OSX Mountain Lion machine. The following steps in terminal is what I have done so far to achieve my PHP install ``` cd /path/to/downloaded/php-5.3.21/ext/mcrypt/ /usr/bin/phpize ./configure cd /path/to/downloaded/php-5.3.21 ./configure --with-config-file-path=/private/etc/php.ini --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs make sudo make install ``` Which seems to work well and installs PHP 5.3.21 fine. I have then done ``` sudo nano /private/etc/php.ini ``` And included ``` extension=mcrypt.so ``` Along with an Apache restart, phpinfo() doesn't show that the mcrypt extension is loaded. I then tried to specify the extension_dir inside php.ini, again with no luck. I have done ``` locate mcrypt.so /opt/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/mcrypt.so /usr/local/Cellar/php53-mcrypt/5.3.18/mcrypt.so ``` And tried both directories as the extension_dir, with no luck. I have also tried the following, after much Googling ``` ./configure --with-config-file-path=/private/etc/php.ini --with-apxs2=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-mcrypt ``` Which seems to work OK, but then upon "make", it returns ``` ext/mcrypt/mcrypt.o: No such file or directory ext/mcrypt/mcrypt_filter.o: No such file or directory ``` Again, no success. What am I doing wrong? It seems like the physical compile of mcrypt.so is not happening, or is compiling incorrectly as I would suspect there to be another mcrypt.so found under locate? Anyone please help? I've gone through pages upon pages of Google searches with no luck!