Package Details: php-mcrypt 1:1.0.7-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/php-mcrypt.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: php-mcrypt
Description: mcrypt module for extra/php package (>=8.0.0, <=8.4.0)
Upstream URL: https://pecl.php.net/package/mcrypt
Keywords: mcrypt php php8
Licenses: PHP
Submitter: sausix
Maintainer: sausix
Last Packager: sausix
Votes: 2
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2021-01-29 00:02 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-01-08 08:26 (UTC)

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sausix commented on 2025-06-12 08:26 (UTC)

Hi @dCo3lh0

The file ext/standard/php_rand.h has been removed from the PHP repository on January 2024.

The upstream source PECL repository is unmaintained for longer now.
And the source project is broken too:
https://github.com/php/pecl-encryption-mcrypt/issues/21

mcrypt seems to be abandonware and been deprecated almost a decade now. It is recommended to use OpenSSL based alternatives. Follow the links.

Please use an alternative if you are developing. If another project requires mcrypt, tell them.
You can probably use mcrypt with an older version of PHP.

Latest Comments

dCo3lh0 commented on 2025-06-13 16:12 (UTC)

didn't consider this, i didn't even know FreshRSS was available on AUR, thanks!

sausix commented on 2025-06-13 15:36 (UTC)

@dCo3lh0 Why don't you install FreshRSS from AUR directly? That tutorial is probably outdated for ages and FreshRSS probably dropped that mcrypt dependency long time ago too.

dCo3lh0 commented on 2025-06-13 15:31 (UTC)

Hi @sausix

i don't know if i can do much, I'm trying to install FreshRSS here which depends on php-mcrypt, its one of its dependencies, according to this article here:

https://www.ipv6.rs/tutorial/Arch_Linux/FreshRSS/

sausix commented on 2025-06-12 08:26 (UTC)

Hi @dCo3lh0

The file ext/standard/php_rand.h has been removed from the PHP repository on January 2024.

The upstream source PECL repository is unmaintained for longer now.
And the source project is broken too:
https://github.com/php/pecl-encryption-mcrypt/issues/21

mcrypt seems to be abandonware and been deprecated almost a decade now. It is recommended to use OpenSSL based alternatives. Follow the links.

Please use an alternative if you are developing. If another project requires mcrypt, tell them.
You can probably use mcrypt with an older version of PHP.

dCo3lh0 commented on 2025-06-12 00:20 (UTC)

It looks like this recent version 1.0.7 for PHP 8.4 is breaking its build for me: here is what is showing:

/home/dco3lh0/.cache/paru/clone/php-mcrypt/src/mcrypt-1.0.7/mcrypt.c:41:10: fatal error: ext/standard/php_rand.h: File or directory not found

sausix commented on 2023-11-06 15:46 (UTC)

Sorry guys, I've overlooked the outdated notification somehow. Just updated to 1.0.6.

sausix commented on 2021-02-12 12:18 (UTC) (edited on 2023-11-06 15:45 (UTC) by sausix)

FYI: This package depends on extra/php package which now contains PHP 8.

el_aur commented on 2019-08-09 10:34 (UTC)

why PEAR dependency here if it's PECL? :)