How to enable cURL in PHP / XAMPP

Question

How do I enable cURL in PHP?

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Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

PHP 7^ version:

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

On Debian with Apache 2:

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

(php4-curl if it's php4)