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Nirjonadda
mcrypt php extension are not supported to install in PHP 7.2, So now how to enable this Mcrypt PHP extension? 49807

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  • cPanelKenneth
    Hi, The PHP developers deprecated mcrypt in version 7.1, and removed support in version 7.2. Applications should use either sodium or openssl for encryption needs. It may be possible to install mcrypt via PECL.
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  • Miguel G
    How does this affect software as Wordpress? How do we enable mcrypt for php 7.2 using PECL without breaking EasyApache 4?
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  • cPanelMichael
    How does this affect software as Wordpress? How do we enable mcrypt for php 7.2 using PECL without breaking EasyApache 4?

    Hello, WordPress does not require mcrypt, so you shouldn't face any issues with WordPress unless specific third-party WordPress plugins make use of it. If you do decide to install the mcrypt PECL module for PHP 7.2, you'd need to do so using the following commands:
    yum install libmcrypt yum install libmcrypt-devel /opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/mcrypt-1.0.1
    Thank you.
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  • Zoltan Szabo
    Hello,
    yum install libmcrypt yum install libmcrypt -devel /opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/mcrypt-1.0.1
    Thank you.

    Dear All, I tried to setup mcyrpt php extension to php 7.2 on cpanel module installers page. I got the following error message: "Failed to download pecl/mcrypt within preferred state "stable", latest release is version 1.0.1, stability "snapshot", use "channel://pecl.php.net/mcrypt-1.0.1" to install install failed" I also tried the code written by cPanelMichael, but that also failed. Indeed the last command did manage to run but reported these errors:
    root@server [~]# /opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/mcrypt-1.0.1 downloading mcrypt-1.0.1.tgz ... Starting to download mcrypt-1.0.1.tgz (33,782 bytes) .........done: 33,782 bytes 6 source files, building running: phpize Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20170718 Zend Module Api No: 20170718 Zend Extension Api No: 320170718 libmcrypt prefix? [autodetect] : building in /root/tmp/pear/pear-build-rootjInJtH/mcrypt-1.0.1 running: /root/tmp/pear/mcrypt/configure --with-php-config=/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/php-config --with-mcrypt checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed checking for cc... cc checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether cc accepts -g... yes checking for cc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E checking for icc... no checking for suncc... no checking whether cc understands -c and -o together... yes checking for system library directory... lib checking if compiler supports -R... no checking if compiler supports -Wl,-rpath,... yes checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu checking for PHP prefix... /opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr checking for PHP includes... -I/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/include/php -I/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/include/php/main -I/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/include/php/Zend -I/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/include/php/ext -I/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/include/php/ext/date/lib checking for PHP extension directory... /opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/lib64/php/modules checking for PHP installed headers prefix... /opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/include/php checking if debug is enabled... no checking if zts is enabled... no checking for re2c... no configure: WARNING: You will need re2c 0.13.4 or later if you want to regenerate PHP parsers. checking for gawk... gawk checking for mcrypt support... yes, shared configure: error: mcrypt.h not found. Please reinstall libmcrypt. ERROR: `/root/tmp/pear/mcrypt/configure --with-php-config=/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/php-config --with-mcrypt' failed
    Can you help me how to solve this issue? I rewrote all my crypting to openssl but 3rd party apps still use mcryt. Thank you
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  • cPanelMichael
    I tried to setup mcyrpt php extension to php 7.2 on cpanel module installers page.

    Installing that PECL module using cPanel or WHM isn't supported because it's not released as a STABLE PECL module. The maintainers have only released the "snapshot" build of the module at: PECL :: Package :: mcrypt
    configure: error: mcrypt.h not found. Please reinstall libmcrypt. ERROR: `/root/tmp/pear/mcrypt/configure --with-php-config=/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/php-config --with-mcrypt' failed

    It looks like the "yum install libmcrypt-devel" command referenced in my last response incorrectly included a space after the hyphen. I've corrected it so that it correctly shows:
    yum install libmcrypt-devel
    Can you run this command and then try running the PECL install command again to see if that solves the issue? Thank you.
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  • Zoltan Szabo
    It looks like the "yum install libmcrypt-devel" command referenced in my last response incorrectly included a space after the hyphen. I've corrected it so that it correctly shows:
    yum install libmcrypt-devel
    Can you run this command and then try running the PECL install command again to see if that solves the issue? Thank you.

    Did land on an error:
    root@server [~]# yum install libmcrypt-devel Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * EA4: 85.13.201.2 * cpanel-addons-production-feed: 85.13.201.2 * base: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net * centosplus: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net * extras: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net * updates: mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net No package libmcrypt-devel available. Error: Nothing to do
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello @Zoltan Szabo, It looks like your system is missing the EPEL YUM repo, which is required if you want to install that package. Here's a third-party URL with instructions on how to enable it: EPEL - Fedora Project Wiki Thank you.
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  • Zoltan Szabo
    Dear All, The suggested solution worked right then. Now let me just SUM up what you need to install mcrypt extension to php 7.2 on Cpanel. RPM link is for (Centos 7)! For other systems please see link in previous comments.
    yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm yum install libmcrypt yum install libmcrypt-devel /opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/pecl install channel://pecl.php.net/mcrypt-1.0.1
    I hope this helps others with same problem
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  • cPanelMichael
    Hello @Zoltan Szabo, I'm glad to see the installation succeeded. I've marked this thread as solved. Thanks!
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  • Nirjonadda
    @cPanelMichael Please can you let me know that what does mcrypt extension and why this support removed in php 7.2? So mcrypt extension no more used/needed or not important?
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  • cPanelMichael
    @cPanelMichael Please can you let me know that what does mcrypt extension and why this support removed in php 7.2? So mcrypt extension no more used/needed or not important?

    Hello @Nirjonadda, This was a decision made by the PHP development team. You can review the full details at: PHP: rfc:mcrypt-viking-funeral Thanks!
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  • ad682005
    Hi, I wanted to install mcrypt for PHP7.2 on cpanel and the above instructions seem to be godsent. However I am facing issues.. I am getting an error when i run the install libmcrypt command I get the error Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit) Note that I also did a yum install libc.so.6 and that installation was successful. Even after that yum install libmcrypt fails with same error message Refer below: [root@srv ~]# yum install libmcrypt Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile epel/metalink | 7.5 kB 00:00 * EA4: 67.222.0.10 * cpanel-addons-production-feed: 67.222.0.10 * base: mirrors.123host.vn * epel: ftp.jaist.ac.jp * extras: mirrors.123host.vn * updates: mirrors.nhanhoa.com epel | 3.2 kB 00:00 epel/primary | 3.5 MB 00:08 epel 12584/12584 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package libmcrypt.x86_64 0:2.5.8-13.el7 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit) for package: libmcrypt-2 .5.8-13.el7.x86_64 --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: libmcrypt-2.5.8-13.el7.x86_64 (epel) Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
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  • cPanelMichael
    I get the error Requires: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit) Note that I also did a yum install libc.so.6 and that installation was successful. Even after that yum install libmcrypt fails with same error message

    Hello, I'm unable to reproduce this on a test system running CentOS 7 64-bit. Can you try running "yum update" first to make sure your existing packages are updated? Additionally, please let us know the output from the commands below:
    rpm -qa|grep glibc ls -al /etc/yum.repos.d
    Thank you.
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  • ad682005
    This is not an issue - I asked my component provider to send me update version of component so that I don't need mcrypt. Thanks so mcuh
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