Cannot load mcrypt extension - Debian error SOLVED
January 28, 2019
Cannot load mcrypt
On a Debian server, you may log in to phpmyadmin and see the message, "Cannot load mcrypt etension. Please check your PHP configuration."
If you encounter this message, all you need to do (with root privileges) is to run the following:
apt-get install php5-mcrypt
Then restart apache http server with the following command:
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
You should then be able to log in to phpmyadmin without the mcrypt error.