How to enable cURL extension in PHP?
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Note: This guide is for those who have FULL access to the server, when system configuration can be changed. If you are using shared hosting, please contact your hosting provider.
Step 1: Check whether cURL extension is installed/enabled or not
Within the Joomla administration area, you can view “php.ini” configurations by navigating to Site > System Information and selecting the tab “PHP Information”.
At this point, search for the keyword “curl” and if it does not appear on the page, the extension might not be installed/enabled. Please proceed to the next step.
P.S: In this step, you are also able to locate where the “php.ini” configuration file is. Search for “Loaded Configuration File” and you might end up with something like:
Step 2: Ensure cURL extension for PHP is installed
On Windows, people often use WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) bundles for local development. Fortunately, cURL extension is pre-installed with those bundles, so you can proceed to Step 3.
On Linux, it depends on which Linux distro the server is installed with, so you might need to run the appropriate command.
For example, with Ubuntu/Debian server, you need to run this command:
sudo apt-get install php5-curl
After that, restart the Apache server:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
After the Apache server has restarted, the extension should be enabled by default. You might use the method at Step 1 to check, and if not, please proceed to the next step.
Step 3: Enable cURL extension in “php.ini” file
Load the “php.ini” file located in Step 1 into your favorite text editor (if you are using Windows, we suggest Notepad++), then search for “php_curl”. At this point, you need to uncomment the line by removing the semicolon at the beginning of the line, as below.
After saving the file, restart the Apache server. Double check the Joomla “PHP Information” section again to see if the extension is enabled.
If you see something like that, then congratulations, you have successfully enabled PHP cURL!
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Friday, 26 October 2012
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Tuesday, 04 December 2012
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Friday, 21 December 2012
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Friday, 11 January 2013
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Tuesday, 05 February 2013
Thank you very much for these help. Good job and waiting for more.
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Thursday, 14 March 2013
Is there a possibility curl from another server to use?
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Saturday, 16 March 2013As my knowledge, you can't use curl from another server. For more details about this problem, please read http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html
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Saturday, 16 March 2013
Many Host Operator holding off the curl PHP command in the configuration. However, more and more applications to this command. Too bad that there is no way to redirect the result!
I thank you for the link, and you have a nice day! -
Saturday, 16 March 2013
You are welcome, sanap.
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Thursday, 21 March 2013
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Micha· huyennt likes this comment. -
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
great info. great help
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Saturday, 06 April 2013
Hi Huyennt ;
Thanks for sharing. Very nice information. -
Thursday, 02 May 2013
Awesome! Thanks so much for this!
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