Is mcrypt Still Required Beyond PHP 7.1

[Jason Ryan 27]

Hello -

Was looking into upgrading my PHP version while also upgrading to Blesta 4.6, however after some investigation it looks like they dropped support for mcrypt in PHP 7.2. Is this still required to run Blesta are is it fine without it?

Thanks

[Amit Kumar Mishra 75]

well...

not sure about blesta 4.6

but the other 4.x versions did require it

[Blesta.Store 2,302]

You should be fine on PHP 7.2 I use it I don't think it has Mcrypt I could be wrong though.

[Jason Ryan 27]

1 hour ago, Blesta.Store said:

You should be fine on PHP 7.2 I use it I don't think it has Mcrypt I could be wrong though.

Guess I will wait to see what Paul says just to make sure. Mcrypt isn't bundled with PHP after 7.1 so you would have to do some workarounds just to install it. Don't want to go through the hassle of having to revert everything back if it doesn't work out.

Thanks.

[Blesta.Store 2,302]

1 hour ago, Jason Ryan said:

Guess I will wait to see what Paul says just to make sure. Mcrypt isn't bundled with PHP after 7.1 so you would have to do some workarounds just to install it. Don't want to go through the hassle of having to revert everything back if it doesn't work out.

Thanks.

No probs I haven't ran into any issues.

[Tyson 1,992]

The mcrypt extension is a recommended requirement, but it is optional. You can run without it.

[Blesta.Store 2,302]

5 hours ago, Tyson said:

The mcrypt extension is a recommended requirement, but it is optional. You can run without it.

will there be a replacement for PHP 7.2 because it doesn't ship with it mate?

[Tyson 1,992]

OpenSSL is the alternative and has been for some time, which is already a minimum requirement of Blesta.

[activa 205]

7 hours ago, Tyson said:

OpenSSL is the alternative and has been for some time, which is already a minimum requirement of Blesta.

It will be any impact if upgrading from php 5.6 to php 7.2? as i know mcrypt is used for encryption/decrypting data, and blesta use it in password and encrypted data hashing, when running php 5.6 and blesta use it it would be impossible to decrypt old data without it in 7.2, is this true?

[Tyson 1,992]

You shouldn't have any problem removing mcrypt and still have your data encrypted/decrypted the same as before so long as your Blesta system key remains the same.