How to enable cURL in PHP / XAMPP

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How do I enable cURL in PHP?

windows. Thanks David. i solved it.. Actually i did it by uncommenting the extension=php_curl.dllin the xampp\apache\bin\php.ini file — Fero
– Fero, Commented Aug 28, 2009 at 14:15
A basic curl tutorial very easy to learn -> technofusions.com/curl-in-php-tutorial-basics — Vikrant Vir Bhalla
– Vikrant Vir Bhalla, Commented Jul 28, 2016 at 19:34

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-20 15:08:27Z

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apt-get install php5-curl
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

(php4-curl if it's php4)

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Nelson Over a year ago

Note the restart is necessary.

freespace Over a year ago

+1 to @Nelson. The post install /looks/ like it does a restart, but it really does a reload.

Nick Bolton Over a year ago

Nelson: It shouldn't be necessary, but it was for me. Even though apt-get restarted apache, it didn't work until I restarted it myself a 2nd time. Strange.

Mathias Bak Over a year ago

If it fails, try to update repositories with "apt-get update"

lumbric Over a year ago

Also it wasn't sufficient to reload apache. I had to restart it.

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Francisco R · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-06 15:27:59Z

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Since you're using XAMPP, uncomment the line

;extension=php_curl.dll

in xampp\apache\bin\php.ini, and then restart the Apache service.

NB: In newer XAMPP versions, PHP has moved to root xampp folder xampp\php\php.ini.

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-20 15:15:07Z

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Steps for Windows 7:

Ensure that the php.ini file that the PHP engine uses is the one you think it is.
Ensure extension_dir in php.ini is correctly set to the ext folder
Ensure extension=php_curl.dll in the php.ini is uncommented

Finally and maybe the one most people don't know: 4. Ensure that there are these two files in the Windows System32 folder: libeay32.dll ssleay32.dll If not there, you may copy these two files from the php folder.

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answered Jul 18, 2012 at 13:00

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veljkoz Over a year ago

Actually, this wasn't the issue, since php isn't hosted in IIS, but in Apache(with wamp). It turns out that wamp came out with incompatible versions... had to add apache 2.2.9, and php 5.3.1, and use wami tray->Apache(or PHP)->Version->____ to switch to those versions, as described here: stackoverflow.com/q/10939248/79444

felix021 Over a year ago

In addition to the 4th requirement, for win7 64bit, those 2 files should go C:\windows\SysWOW64.

Dibeesh Over a year ago

@WaiKit Kung you are awesome..done the 4th step and worked for me. Thank you.

HartleySan Over a year ago

I had to add the following to my PHP code to get things to work: curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); Maybe that's the issue.

LVK Over a year ago

Ensure extension_dir in php.ini is correctly set to the ext folder That did the job for me.

webDevAndEverythingElse · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-08 00:34:43Z

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I found the file located at:

C:\xampp\php\php.ini

Uncommented:

;extension=php_curl.dll

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Martin Thoma · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-15 21:30:01Z

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For Ubuntu (and probably all Debian-Based) Linux Distributions:

sudo apt-get install php5-curl
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You might have seen PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() before.

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-20 15:13:28Z

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In SUSE Linux:

zypper in php5-curl
rcapache2 restart

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chaos · Accepted Answer · 2009-08-28 13:59:23Z

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You compile your PHP using --with-curl.

answered Aug 28, 2009 at 13:59

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Cole Tobin · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-06 02:31:00Z

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Since XAMPP went through some modifications, the file is now at xampp/php/php.ini.

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bluish · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-01 09:07:37Z

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Basic tip: After enabling the CURL in php.ini file, you need to restart the web server to make it work (my experience says).

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Santo Boldizar · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-09 11:53:28Z

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PHP 7^ version:

sudo apt-get install php-curl
sudo service apache2 restart

answered Jan 9, 2019 at 11:53

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Márcio Rossato Over a year ago

sudo service apache2 reload works too, I believe the reload is more indicated to not stop the server.

Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-20 15:10:05Z

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If you're are using MAMP, cURL is enabled by default.

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-20 14:54:05Z

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Actually I did it by uncommenting extension=php_curl.dll in the xampp\apache\bin\php.ini file.

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-20 14:55:03Z

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You can check phpinfo() (create a script containing and browse to it). This will tell you if you really do have it enabled. If not, read here.

It is not recommended for the faint-hearted Windows developer.

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Fero Over a year ago

nope Mark.. I am in need to ENABLE cURL support exactly. Actually i did it by uncommenting the extension=php_curl.dllin the xampp\apache\bin\php.ini file . But it does not reflect. Any more Idea

Question Mark Over a year ago

Did you restart xampp? Did you get an error in your xampp log file? Do you have php_curl.dll in your xampp php extensions directory?

Vigneswaran S · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-28 07:40:01Z

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For windows OS users (It worked for me) in XAMPP.

step 1: Go to C:\xampp\php\php.ini

edit this file php.ini

find curl- you will see a line ;extension=php_curl.dll.

remove semicolon (;)extension=php_curl.dll. so this line looks like

;extension=php_curl.dll

to

extension=php_curl.dll

step 2: copy ssleay32.dll, libeay32.dll from php folder. paste it in C:\Windows\System32\

step 3: Restart the system . Curl will run successfully.

answered Feb 28, 2016 at 7:40

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baligena · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-28 11:47:59Z

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check if curl module is available

$ ls -la /etc/php5/mods-available/

enable the curl module

$ sudo php5enmod curl

source: http://baligena.com/installing-curl-ubuntu-server/

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Yana Shetty · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-15 06:33:46Z

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Check the php version, If you installed php 7.0 version

sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl
sudo service apache2 restart

If you installed php 5.6 version

sudo apt-get install php5-curl
sudo service apache2 restart

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user170851 · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-04 04:45:04Z

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If none of the above solves your problem and have installed with php-x86 (Windows 32 bit), then problem may be of openssl - for more info : How to fix libeay32.dll was not found error

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Benjamin · Accepted Answer · 2024-06-19 08:44:46Z

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On Windows, make sure to have the drive letter first in the extension_dir parameter in php.ini:

extension_dir = "W:\XAMPP\php\ext"

Default value is "\xampp\php\ext" which doesn't work in all situations.

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user6109692 · Accepted Answer · 2024-11-19 11:32:53Z

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Forget most of the above. I had the same problem and updated to Apache 2.4.58 and the problem went away. It was obviously an Apache bug.

answered Nov 19, 2024 at 11:32

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Mehmet Emre Portakal · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-30 11:23:57Z

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to install php5-curl under opensuse:

sudo yast2

->software ->software management ->search for curl ->check php5-curl case and accept.

after installation you need to restart apache server

service apache2 restart

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