http.so loaded but http_get undefined

Question

I have LAMP installed on my linux distribution:

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Answer 1

Just to elaborate slightly on Alex's answer, unless I missed something, the Php Manuel doesn't really reflect how this extension has changed. And the link in the comment on your question doesn't seem to work anymore. I think what you want now, to get that same behavior, is http\Client::send().

Answer 2

As Michael Berkowski says, the 2.x branch is totally new and it works with a different API.

You can go with the 1.x branch and use the old functions this way:

pecl uninstal pecl_http
pecl install pecl_http-1.7.6

Then you can use http_get

Anyway, if this is a fresh new project, it is recommended to go with the newest API.