MacOS – Can’t install php56-mcrypt with homebrew

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I use Homebrew on my testing server on OS X.
I have php56, autoconf, and mcrypt installed through homebrew.

I was successful doing this on a different Mac but I am not having any luck this time.

When I type:

brew install php56-mcrypt

like I did on the other mac, it says:

Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/php56-mcrypt-5.6.7 ==> /usr/local/opt/php56/bin/phpize
2015-05-13 14:19:26 -0700

/usr/local/opt/php56/bin/phpize

Despite it stating that is "already installed", when going into /usr/local/Cellar/ there is no folder called "php56-mcrypt" like it had on my other Mac.

I have not done anything abnormal that I am aware of. What can I do? Is re-installing the best option?

Best Answer

With recent changes in brew (deprecation of homebrew/php) you now install php with mcrypt with the following.

brew install php@5.6 -with-mcrypt=mcrypt

You may have to uninstall previous installs of php

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