Can’t run Craft CMS :( Your server doesn’t meet the following requirements to run Craft CMS:
The Mcrypt extension is required. Please talk to your host/IT department about upgrading your server.
I am on Craft 2.6 and PHP 7.1. I have the mcrypt extension on my php.ini setting.
This is probably going to be something specific to your environment, so not really possible to give a real answer.
The most likely explanation is that your server doesn’t actually have the mcrypt extension installed. You could try to verify that, and install it if need be.
However, a better idea could be to update Craft to the latest 2.x version (2.9.2). Craft has actually bundled an mcrypt shim since 2.7.0, so it can run without that extension altogether. Fortunately, the Craft 2 releases since 2.6 don’t really have any big breaking changes, so updating shouldn’t be a major pain. And, with the latest Craft 2 release you should be able to bump PHP up to 7.4 if you want to (assuming all your plugins are updated and supports that version as well) - which could be a good idea from a security standpoint.
I have resolved the issue by going back to PHP 7.1.33. from 7.4 When I checked my PHP.ini on Cpanel, the PHP version was reading 7.1 and thought that the problem was other than the PHP version. However, when I checked the server: php -v, the version was 7.4 So, make sure you also check the server version if you encounter this problem. Only checking the php.ini may give you a misleading reading. Now, I am able to access the admin dashboard.