mcrypt configuration issues

Hello, I have searched the web and all the resources that I could find, but need direct help now. I was able to compile php with mcrypt , but the info page does not recognize any ciphers although they are installed in /usr/local/lib/libmcrypt. the info page says that mcrypt is enabled, but suported ciphers and modes are none. I have seen others posting about similar problems but no answers are posted. could use some direction, I have compile/recompiled libmcrypt and php countless of times for the past 2 days with different options to no avail. sorry if I sound like a beggar, but it's really that bad! :-( I have libmcrypt/php configuration output if needed. Thanks in advance. Ray A. --