PHP 7.3 and module extension
--> PHP 7.3 and installation Module with phpsize
sudo apt-get install php7.3-dev
Need mcrypt for that!
--> PHP 7.3 and installation Module with mcrypt
To install this extension on PHP 7.3, run the following commands as your server’s root user:
php -v
pecl version
If your php isn’t 7.3 then use /usr/bin/php7.3 instead php command.
ln -s /usr/bin/php7.3 /usr/bin/php
sudo apt-get -y install gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-config
sudo apt-get -y install libmcrypt-dev
sudo pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1
When you are shown the prompt
libmcrypt prefix? [autodetect] : Press [Enter] to autodetect.
Build process completed successfully
Installing '/usr/lib/php/20180731/mcrypt.so'
install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/mcrypt-1.0.2
configuration option "php_ini" is not set to php.ini location
You should add "extension=mcrypt.so" to php.ini
Add to cli and apache2 php.ini configuration.
sudo bash -c "echo extension=/usr/lib/php/20180731/mcrypt.so > /etc/php/7.3/cli/conf.d/mcrypt.ini"
sudo bash -c "echo extension=/usr/lib/php/20180731/mcrypt.so > /etc/php/7.3/apache2/conf.d/mcrypt.ini"
#restart apache service
service apache2 restart
# or
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Verify that the extension was installed, run command:
php -i | grep "mcrypt"
/etc/php/7.3/cli/conf.d/mcrypt.ini
Registered Stream Filters => zlib.*, string.rot13, string.toupper, string.tolower, string.strip_tags, convert.*, consumed, dechunk, convert.iconv.*, mcrypt.*, mdecrypt.*
mcrypt
mcrypt support => enabled
mcrypt_filter support => enabled
mcrypt.algorithms_dir => no value => no value
mcrypt.modes_dir => no value => no value
# php -v
PHP 7.3.8-1+0~20190807.43+debian9~1.gbp7731bf (cli) (built: Aug 7 2019 19:46:25) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.8, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.3.8-1+0~20190807.43+debian9~1.gbp7731bf, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
php7.3
php7.3-cli
php7.3-curl
php7.3-gd
php7.3-interbase
php7.3-intl
php7.3-json
php7.3-mysql
php7.3-pgsql
php7.3-sqlite3
php7.3-xml
php7.3-bcmath
php7.3-common
php7.3-dev
php7.3-gmp
php7.3-interbase-dbgsym
php7.3-intl-dbgsym
php7.3-mbstring
php7.3-opcache
php7.3-readline
php7.3-tidy
php7.3-zip
apt install php7.3 php7.3-cli php7.3-curl php7.3-gd php7.3-interbase php7.3-intl php7.3-json php7.3-mysql php7.3-pgsql php7.3-sqlite3 php7.3-xml php7.3-bcmath php7.3-common php7.3-dev php7.3-gmp php7.3-interbase-dbgsym php7.3-intl-dbgsym php7.3-mbstring php7.3-opcache php7.3-readline php7.3-tidy php7.3-zip
inspired by https://lukasmestan.com/install-mcrypt-extension-in-php7-2/