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PHP Laravel 4 Basics Getting Started with Laravel Installing Laravel

Daniel White
Daniel White
2,558 Points
Posted by Daniel White
Daniel White
2,558 Points

Need help with creating the site. I go to create the site and get the error: Your requirements could not be resolved...

Error when creating my site:

Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

Problem 1 - Installation request for laravel/framework 5.0.* -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v5.0.0]. - laravel/framework v5.0.0 requires ext-mcrypt * -> the requested PHP extension mcrypt is missing from your system.

I believe this is an error with yosemite. I have updated and cannot find a good source to add this file. Please help.

Suleiman Leadbitter
Suleiman Leadbitter
15,805 Points

Bleeerrghh I just got this too. If I find a solution I'll post it up.

3 Answers

Hai Le Quang
Hai Le Quang
5,855 Points
Hai Le Quang
Hai Le Quang
5,855 Points

I also have this problem. What a horrible error! I found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26493762/yosemite-php-gd-mcrypt-installation/26505558#26505558 But still not resolved the problem. Any help, pls!!!

Daniel White
Daniel White
2,558 Points
Daniel White
Daniel White
2,558 Points

Ok I think I found a fix. I followed the tutorial to install the mcrypt file: http://remonpel.nl/2012/01/adding-mcrypt-to-your-osx-based-php-server-setup/?osx_version=10.10

  • the only thing I changed was the command: " [ ! -f "/etc/php.ini" ] && sudo cp /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini"

I changed it to: sudo cp /etc/php.ini.default /etc/php.ini

I was able to use vagrant up and create my project with no errors. However, when I launch my project it pulls up a blank screen vs before a page full of errors. No larval image is visible, but I take this as a small victory.

Hope this helps.

Suleiman Leadbitter
Suleiman Leadbitter
15,805 Points
Suleiman Leadbitter
Suleiman Leadbitter
15,805 Points

Manalive! I've gone and done all manner of things and it shows that I have mcrypt installed here: mcrypt installed info But when trying it set up Laravel via Composer it still runs that same error: Terminal

I would have thought that this would have sorted out any problems. :(