Comment on Laravel 5.1 with LTS is releasedparentComments−sarciszewski11ySorry to hear that.If mcrypt is such a pain for OSX users, I might offer to refactor some other frameworks' libraries to use openssl in the near future.Why mcrypt sucks: https://paragonie.com/blog/2015/05/if-you-re-typing-word-mcr...−ceejayoz11yIf mcrypt is such a pain for OSX usersIt's not, if you're using Homebrew (which you should be). `brew install php56-mcrypt` and you're done.−colinramsay11yI am using homebrew but it definitely wasn't that simple. I think it was because my OSX (for some reason) wasn't using the right PHP version and so installing mcrypt from homebrew didn't have any effect until I reconfigured apache.
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Sorry to hear that.
If mcrypt is such a pain for OSX users, I might offer to refactor some other frameworks' libraries to use openssl in the near future.
Why mcrypt sucks: https://paragonie.com/blog/2015/05/if-you-re-typing-word-mcr...
It's not, if you're using Homebrew (which you should be). `brew install php56-mcrypt` and you're done.
I am using homebrew but it definitely wasn't that simple. I think it was because my OSX (for some reason) wasn't using the right PHP version and so installing mcrypt from homebrew didn't have any effect until I reconfigured apache.