Solved: Error in Compat.php While Installing Magento 2

Hello Magento Peeps,

Stumbled upon an unexpected error in compact.php while installing Magento 2?

We’ve got you covered, probably!

Recently, I installed Magento 2 with XAMPP on a Windows PC of one of my colleagues and encountered an unexpected error. The error read:

In compat.php line 1927:

This is not implemented, as it is not possible to implement Argon2i with acceptable performance in pure-PHP.

On further investigation, I found that the error was thrown by Magento because certain PHP extensions were missing.

If you are also facing such an error while installing Magento 2, you can follow this blog post to solve the issue.

Method to Solve Error in Compat.php During Magento 2 Installation

Magento 2 is a PHP-based eCommerce platform and requires certain resources to function properly. You can check out Magento 2 system requirements for your reference.

Coming back to the issue, the “This is not implemented, as it is not possible to implement Argon2i with acceptable performance in pure-PHP.” during Magento installation is caused because of the missing PHP extension named sodium. The solution is to enable sodium extension.

Detailed steps to solve the issue in a Local XAMPP server are provided below:

• Step 1: Open the XAMPP control panel, and go to Configure > PHP in the Apache module.

• Step 2: This will open the php.ini file, where you can find the list of active/inactive PHP extensions. Find extension=sodium, remove the ; sign before it, and save the file. This will enable sodium extension.

• Step 3: Restart the web server, and you’re done! The issue will be solved.

This is how you can solve the error in Compat.php while installing Magento 2 on a local server.

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In case you are facing the Compat.php line 1927 error while installing Magento 2 in a live server, contact your respective hosting provider to enable the sodium PHP extension to solve the issue.

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