Question

PHP 7.0 - PHP Warning: Module 'mcrypt' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

Posted on December 16, 2015
PHP Ubuntu
Asked by Desired Persona

I just uninstall PHP 5.6 Then I installed PHP 7.0

Im getting the following php warning

PHP Warning:  Module 'mcrypt' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

ubuntu 14.04 lemp server 1gb ram

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Andrew SB

DigitalOcean Employee

• June 7, 2016

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This question was answered by @ITLabs:

Hello,

PHP7.0 from ondrej is already compiled with mcrypt. Just remove mcrypt module:

sudo apt-get remove php7.0-mcrypt

Then check if mcrypt is present with “php -m”

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