How to enable curl in xampp?

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How to enable curl in xampp ?

My PHP twitter application needs curl function. But it is not enabled in XAMPP. how to enable it. I found no options for doing that.

A very basic tutorial on curl -> http://www.technofusions.com/curl-in-php-tutorial-basics/ — Vikrant Vir Bhalla, Jul 28 '16 at 19:35

score 77 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '12 at 11:58

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You have to modify the php.ini files in your xampp folder. Three files in three different places need to be changed.

Follow the following steps to enable curl library with XAMPP in Windows:

Step 1:

Browse and open the following 3 files

C:\Program Files\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini
C:\Program Files\xampp\php\php.ini
C:\Program Files\xampp\php\php4\php.ini

Step 2:

Uncomment the following line in your php.ini file by removing the semicolon (;).

;extension=php_curl.dll

After that it will look something like something below-

extension=php_curl.dll

Step 3:

Restart your Apache server.

Step 4:

Check your phpinfo() to see whether curl has properly enabled or not.

Enjoy using curl() library.

answered Mar 13 '12 at 11:58

Anjuman

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Worked great! The current version of Xampp only uses a single php.ini (phew!) which is in ./php/php.ini so I only needed to make the update in one spot. – niczak Jun 25 '13 at 18:21
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**+1**, Beautifully put-up. – Shankar Narayana Damodaran Feb 06 '14 at 16:23
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Post is old now, XAMPP Version: 5.6.30 has only one \xampp\php\php.ini file, apache\bin or php\php4\ is not available – Mangesh Sathe Feb 15 '18 at 12:12
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in latest versions it is like extension=curl and it is already enabled. thanks – MindRoasterMir Apr 02 '19 at 11:46
@MindRoasterMir yet the error still occurs – Fethi Jan 01 '22 at 18:49

Sarfraz · Answer 2 · 2013-06-26T13:54:05.817

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It should be available in php.ini file. You need to un-comment the line for curl extension:

  ;extension=php_curl.dll
  ^----- remove semi-colon

edited Jun 26 '13 at 13:54

answered Jun 11 '10 at 03:44

Sarfraz

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where to find that file ? in which folder – Aakash Chakravarthy Jun 11 '10 at 04:16
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e.g. c:\xampp\php\php.ini – David d C e Freitas Apr 02 '11 at 14:37
cannot find extension=php_curl.dll in php.ini filr – Rajbir Shienh Dec 13 '18 at 08:04

score 23 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 11 '10 at 05:28

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In XAMPP installation directory, open %XAMPP_HOME%/php/php.ini file. Uncomment the following line: extension=php_curl.dll

PS: If that doesn't work then check whether %XAMPP_HOME%/php/ext/php_curl.dll file exist or not.

answered Jun 11 '10 at 05:28

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score 5 · Answer 4 · answered May 17 '12 at 20:22

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1) C:\Program Files\xampp\php\php.ini

2) Uncomment the following line on your php.ini file by removing the semicolon.

;extension=php_curl.dll

3) Restart your apache server.

answered May 17 '12 at 20:22

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 09 '12 at 18:25

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You can add any extension (in Wamp and Xampp servers) by removing the semi-colon (;)

answered Jun 09 '12 at 18:25

Vinicius Martinson

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Unless you specify where to remove the semi-colon, this is hardly helpful to most of users. I'm marking this "Recommended Deletion" from the review panel but once you update your answer other reviewers probably won't do that. Best regards – YakovL Jan 25 '18 at 12:46

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 11 '10 at 04:05

First, make sure you have libcurl (see: http://curl.haxx.se) installed. Then make sure your copy of PHP has been compiled with the --with-curl[=DIR] flag. For more info see:

If XAMPP comes pre-compiled with cURL you may just need to enable the extension in your php.ini file (usually by removing a semicolon at the start of the line which includes the extension).

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 02 '12 at 13:44

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For XAMPP on MACOS or Linux, remove the semicolon in php.ini file after extension=curl.so

answered Oct 02 '12 at 13:44

Esteban Cacavelos

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Not sure about linux, but `extension=curl.so` is not in the php.ini file for XAMPP on Mac OS X. – minhaz1 Mar 10 '15 at 07:43
I can't find php.ini – andika_kurniawan Apr 09 '15 at 08:03
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/php.ini ? – Esteban Cacavelos Apr 09 '15 at 13:35

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