How to enable cURL in PHP / XAMPP

Question

How do I enable cURL in PHP?

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Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

In SUSE Linux:

zypper in php5-curl
rcapache2 restart

Answer 4

You compile your PHP using --with-curl.

Answer 5

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/

Answer 6

I found the file located at:

C:\xampp\php\php.ini

Uncommented:

;extension=php_curl.dll