The mcrypt extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.

Hi!
I’m newbies and have this alert into MySQL : The mcrypt extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.
When i update script of MySQL into Virtualmin, i obtain this error :

Upgrading phpMyAdmin to version 4.1.0 …
PHP module mcrypt is recommended …
Installing package php5-mcrypt …
Installing package(s) with command yum -y install php5-mcrypt …
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

Configuring webserver PHP settings …
… already done.
Downloading http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/phpmyadmin/phpMyAdmin-4.1.0-english.zip
Downloading http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/phpmyadmin/phpMyAdmin/4.1.0/phpMyAdmin-4.1.0-english.zip
Downloading http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/phpmyadmin/phpMyAdmin/4.1.0/phpMyAdmin-4.1.0-english.zip (4.64 MB) …
Received 1024 bytes (0 %)
Received 476 kB (10 %)
Received 951 kB (20 %)
Received 1.39 MB (30 %)
Received 1.86 MB (40 %)
Received 2.32 MB (50 %)
Received 2.78 MB (60 %)
Received 3.25 MB (70 %)
Received 3.71 MB (80 %)
Received 4.18 MB (90 %)
Received 4.64 MB (100 %)
… download complete.
phpMyAdmin installation complete.

Somebody know how to solve this problem?

Thanks!!

Howdy,

You don’t actually need the mcrypt module for phpMyAdmin, and it’ll work fine without that.

The issue though is that mcrypt doesn’t come with CentOS, you’d need to get it from another source, such as the EPEL repository.

However, you’ll be able to manage your databases just fine without installing that.

-Eric

Thanks andreychek.

Your comment is very helpful for me!

As well, if i want install mcrypt, do you recommend to follow this topic : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17109818/install-php-mcrypt-on-centos6

Thanks!