installing mcrypt on a debian server

[keak]

Hi there,
I installed mycrypt for my php

deephouse:/# apt-get install php4-mcrypt
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
php4-mcrypt is already the newest version.

and my php version is:

php -v
PHP 4.4.0 (cli) (built: Jul 20 2006 06:34:02)
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies
    with Zend Extension Manager v1.0.9, Copyright (c) 2003-2006, by Zend Technologies
    with Zend Optimizer v2.6.2, Copyright (c) 1998-2006, by Zend Technologies

however, when I print out phpinfo(), i don't see mcrypt listed there.
I've rebooted both php and mysql on my server. Is there anything I am doing worng here?


Many thanks

 

[QatQat]

I think you have to edit php.ini file. It should behave like a Apache/PHP module.

Cheers


QaTQat

Life is what happens when you are making other plans.

 

[keak]

I looked into the doc.
I believe that is only for a windows server that we edit this php.ini?


;Windows Extensions
;Note that MySQL and ODBC support is now built in, so no dll is needed for it.

;extension=php_mcrypt.dll

 

[QatQat]

Here is what I found on PHP site

Installation:
You need to compile PHP with the --with-mcrypt[=DIR] parameter to enable this extension. DIR is the mcrypt install directory. Make sure you compile libmcrypt with the option --disable-posix-threads


More at:

http://www.php.net/mcrypt

You may need to remove tha package and install from source without using APT.

CHeers

QatQat

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[chipperMDW]

QatQat was right in his first response; you need to edit the php.ini file to contain the line "extension=mcrypt.so".

Just tested on my Debian machine. With that line, "mcrypt" shows up in phpinfo; without that line, it doesn't.

php.ini is certainly not "only for a Windows server."



The "requirement" that you build [tt]--with-mcrypt[/tt] is only to ensure that the module gets built. The Debian version will likely have been compiled [tt]--without-mcrypt[/tt], but that won't prevent the core executable from using the module once you actually get it there by installing [tt]php4-mcrypt[/tt].

So no building from source should be necessary to get mcrypt working.

 

[QatQat]

Thanks chipper.

Good info.

QatQat

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