`PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mcrypt.so'

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I tried running this php -v in wsl ubuntu 16.04 but got this php warning

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mcrypt.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/20170718/mcrypt.so (/usr/lib/php/20170718/mcrypt.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/20170718/mcrypt.so.so (/usr/lib/php/20170718/mcrypt.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0

I've search using google but I did not find direct answer that address the problem.

What to do with this

I have php installed in the system

PHP 7.2.3-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 (cli) (built: Mar 6 2018 11:18:25) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v7.2.3-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies

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It seems like in your php.ini you are loading the mcrypt extension but you have not installed it or it is at a differen location! – FMK

1 Answers

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PHP 7.2 does not support mcrypt You can still install it as unofficial PECL extension