How to install PHP 7.4 mcrypt module in Cpanel Server

mcrypt is a PHP module, that was DEPRECATED in PHP 7.1.0, and REMOVED in PHP 7.2.0. mcrypt is removed from PHP, now it is available as a PECL module at

https://pecl.php.net/package/mcrypt

To install mcrypt on Cpanel Server, first, install libmcrypt-devel package with yum

yum install -y libmcrypt-devel

To install the module with PHP 7.4, run

/opt/cpanel/ea-php74/root/bin/pecl install mcrypt-1.0.5

After installation, you can verify from command line with

# /opt/cpanel/ea-php74/root/bin/php -m | grep mcrypt
mcrypt
# 

If you want to install with another PHP version, change ea-php74 with your PHP version.

After installing, restart Apache and php-fpm service

/scripts/restartsrv_apache
/scripts/restartsrv_apache_php_fpm

To verify, create a phpinfo() file on your website. Go to the URL, and search for mcrypt on the page. You will see

PHP 7.4 mcrypt install

Back to Cpanel Server

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