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Enable MCrypt using MAMP

I'm using MAMP and ive installed a fresh version of Opencart, its telling me i dont have MCrypt enabled, when i go to terminal and type:

php -m | grep mcrypt
output: mcrypt

I can locate the library but it doesn't seem to be enabled.

Solution

  • That fact that php -m | grep mcrypt returns mcrypt, means the mcrypt library is INSTALLED and ENABLED.

    Although it may just be enabled for CLI.

    You can try editing the PHP.ini file and adding the following line under the ; Extensions section:

    extension=mcrypt.so

    Restart Apache / MAMP after saving php.ini file.

    To find the correct php.ini file to edit, run the following command line:

    php --info | grep php.ini

    (If the line already exists, you may just need to remove the ; thats in front of it.)