Can't use PHP extension Mcrypt in Ubuntu 13.10 (Nginx, PHP-FPM)

Question

I installed a fresh Ubuntu 13.10 on my laptop. Like I usually do, I install the packages I need for Web development, which are nginx, php5-fpm, mysql, php5-mysql, php5-mcrypt and a few others.

After editing some configuration files, this usually works.

But today, since 13.10, an error appears instead of the Web page I expected.

Laravel requires the Mcrypt PHP extension.

The package php5-mcrypt has been installed and reinstalled.

The command php -m doesn't seem to show mcrypt.

Any idea where the problem could come from? I've done this setup many times and it always worked.

This is a bug report, ideally, and you should report the bug against php5-mcrypt with ubuntu-bug php5-mcrypt. — Thomas Ward, Oct 18 '13 at 01:14
@Marc-François there is a typo in your edit to the accepted answer by Tom, instead of mods-avalaible it should be mods-available. — karel, Oct 18 '13 at 04:02
thx god, i thought im the only one having this issue..it drive me nuts... — slier, Oct 19 '13 at 16:17
This is a bug in php-mcrypt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-mcrypt/+bug/1240590 — Braiam, Oct 25 '13 at 10:49

score 44 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '14 at 00:41

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I had the same problem after I upgraded to 13.10 this evening. Apparently this is a genuine Ubuntu 13.10 bug: “phpmyadmin do not recognize php5-mcrypt”. The PHP modules got moved from the conf.d directory to the mods-available directory, and the mcrypt module got left behind.

To fix it I put a symlink to the mcrypt.ini file in the PHP config.

Apache

If you use Apache (rather than php-fpm):

sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini
sudo service apache2 restart

php-fpm

Or for php-fpm (rather than Apache):

Make symbolic link to ini files in mods-available

sudo ln -s /etc/php5/conf.d/mcrypt.ini /etc/php5/mods-available/mcrypt.ini

Enable mods
```
sudo php5enmod mcrypt
```
Restart FPM
```
sudo service php5-fpm restart
```

edited Feb 14 '14 at 00:41

Daniel A.A. Pelsmaeker

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answered Oct 18 '13 at 00:59

Tom

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Sorry, I do not use Apache. Your other solution for PHP-FPM didn't work. – Marc-François Oct 18 '13 at 01:25
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You were almost right. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php-mcrypt/+bug/1241286 – Marc-François Oct 18 '13 at 03:30
oh my god thank you so much..i been trying for all solution i can found online but up to no avail..it drive me nuts..i almost give up..thx u – slier Oct 19 '13 at 16:25
Wow... I had been fiddling with laravel for the past 2 days... just wow! Thank you Tom! Love the open source community – Rixhers Ajazi Dec 15 '13 at 02:21
This doesn't seem to be required for 14.04 now. Still have to enable it though. – CMCDragonkai Jun 10 '14 at 09:53
Wow I was always using sudo /etc/init.d/php5-fpm restart and wondering why it does not work. With sudo service php5-fpm restart it works instantly! Thank you. – kwoxer Jan 31 '16 at 19:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 27 '13 at 12:35

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Or, use:

sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt

Im not sure of this will work on standard php installs - I installed php 5.5.7 using the package from:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
sudo apt-get update

edited Dec 27 '13 at 12:35

chaos

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answered Dec 27 '13 at 12:16

JoeTidee

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Can't use PHP extension Mcrypt in Ubuntu 13.10 (Nginx, PHP-FPM)

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