Help Installing mcrypt on Win32

[4rxsid]

Hi all,

I've got php and mysql installed on an NT4 box, running IIS webserver.

I'm trying to install enable the ability of my php pages to use mycrypt().

I've downloaded the compiled mcrypt binaries (4.3) for win32 (link from php.net).
The readme file says to do this:

Copy php_mcrypt.dll into the folder containing other php extensions.
Overwrite the existing php_mcrypt.dll that was linked against broken
version of libmcrypt.

Copy libmcrypt.dll into a folder that is in your system path
(c:\winnt\system32, for example).

Uncomment/add line extension=php_mcrypt.dll in your php.ini

However, on the php.net page it says:

You need to compile PHP with the --with-mcrypt[=DIR] parameter to enable this extension. DIR is the mcrypt install directory. Make sure you compile libmcrypt with the option --disable-posix-threads.

I didn't do this.

By simply copying the .dll's to the said locations and adding the extension=php_mcrypt.dll in my php.ini, will this allow usage of the mycrypt() function?
I'm a bit confused by the instructions and don't want to mess with this till I'm clear due to other "live" applications running on this box.

Can anyone out there clarify this installation for me?

Thanks!

[drew010]

if you downloaded the windows php precompiled binary, then you shouldnt have to do this, however if you downloaded the windows php source files you will have to compile using --with-mcrypt=C:\dir. I mostly use unix but this is my experience with adding and removing configure options... just enabling them in php.ini wont work unless php was compiled with the option.

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