How do I install the ext-curl extension with PHP 7?

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I've installed PHP 7 using this repo, but when I try to run composer install, it's giving this error:

[package] requires ext-curl * -> the requested PHP extension curl is missing from your system.

With PHP 5, you can easily install it by running the yum or apt-get install php5-curl command, but I can't find how to install the PHP 7 equivalent.

How do I install ext-curl for PHP 7?

install libcurl first ie. `yum install libcurl or apt-get install libcurl`. After that configure your php 7 with curl `./configure --with-curl` and finally make and install — Haridarshan, Jan 30 '16 at 04:33
I've build and install php 7 with curl and other extension. You may also need to install devel libraries. — Haridarshan, Feb 03 '16 at 09:16

score 577 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 01 '18 at 12:13

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Well I was able to install it by :

sudo apt-get install php-curl

on my system. This will install a dependency package, which depends on the default php version.

After that restart apache

sudo service apache2 restart

edited Feb 01 '18 at 12:13

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answered Jan 27 '16 at 10:48

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..and restart the service. **sudo service apache2 restart** – Sydwell Sep 09 '16 at 16:11
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Only if you are using the apache webserver version. You don't need to restart apache for the CLI version of course – CommandZ Sep 24 '16 at 17:51
similarly gd2, xmlrpc, soap, etc - all small letters suffix worked – msanjay Oct 25 '16 at 15:43
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Instead of sudo service apache2 restart, sudo service apache2 reload – sudip May 16 '17 at 18:40
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This actually depends on the packages available in the APT sources. First, update the APT packages using `apt-get update`. Then type `apt-get install php` and press tab twice. It will ask for a confirmation to display the whole list like `Display all n possibilities? (y or n):` where N is the available number of possibilities. Press Y and you'll get a long list of available packages, out of which you can find the package name that you want. O course, if you have a long list, this will be a little tedious. But still you can narrow it down based on the version. – Romeo Sierra Aug 18 '17 at 06:41
for NGINX users on just do sudo apt-get install php-curl service nginx reload – Asuquo12 Jan 02 '20 at 10:35

score 127 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 15 '21 at 04:59

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sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl

edited Nov 15 '21 at 04:59

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answered Jul 12 '16 at 03:08

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you shouldn't specify the version number if you dont explicitly need it. otherwise you might accidentally install an older version. – phil294 Dec 16 '16 at 00:07
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Code-only and "try this" answers are discouraged. I'm surprised it took you so long to get a single downvote. – RamenChef Dec 18 '16 at 01:23
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In my case, I had to specify the version for it to work. I guess this is because I had more than one versions installed in my system. – padawanTony Dec 28 '16 at 14:16
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If upgrading from PHP 5.5/5.6 specifying the version number seems to be required. – AlexL Jun 23 '17 at 18:09
had to additionally do `sudo apt install curl` anyone know why that is so? – some_groceries Aug 09 '17 at 06:50
please do specify version number, I was stuck with the same(for elasticsearch php 6.0), after I corrected with verison number it worked. – Satys Mar 12 '18 at 14:05

score 30 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 18 '16 at 16:45

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If "sudo apt-get install php-curl" command doesnt work and display error We should run this code before install curl.

step1 - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
step2 - sudo apt-get update
step3 - sudo apt-get install php-curl
step4 - sudo service apache2 restart

answered Dec 18 '16 at 16:45

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I don't know why people downvoted this, give it a go, it may work. – Big Green Alligator Aug 31 '17 at 23:31
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Yep, it works. BTW on step 3 you can actually pick a specific php version. – iliaz Feb 10 '18 at 17:13
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sometimes it needs to specify version of your php. for example: `step3 sudo apt-get install php7.1-curl` p.s. you save me from a long night ! – Vladimir Ch Aug 25 '18 at 20:16

score 28 · Answer 4 · edited May 25 '22 at 11:09

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I tried the above solutions but it didn't work for me, just incase there any other person in the same shoes, this is what I did. I updated apt-get with the following command

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

this i installed with php curl for the version of php that i was using, mine was

sudo apt-get install php7.1-curl

If this didn't work for you, the repository can be removed with:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ondrej/php

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answered Aug 19 '18 at 06:55

Excellent Lawrence

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Other answers led me to the exact same conclusion. Let's say it's correct for Now, where other answers were correct for their own time. I'll verify that this works for Ubuntu 18.04, Apache 2. This is preferable to the simple "php-curl" which attempts to load a PHP7.2 version, where (for me) I want to keep using 7.1. Don't forget to restart the webserver. After this, where phpinfo() used to show cURL just under the Module Authors section ( Sterling Hughes ), now cURL has it's own very detailed section, currently at 7.58.0. – TonyG Oct 02 '18 at 02:58
you are the real hero – Berk Kaya Nov 11 '18 at 07:52
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This should be the accepted answer. The answer with more votes didn't helpe me. – Marcelo Agimóvel Nov 26 '18 at 17:19

score 15 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 25 '23 at 22:48

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We can install any PHP7 Extensions which we are needed at the time of install Magento just use related command which you get error at the time of installin Magento

sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl php7.0-dom php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-simplexml php7.0-spl php7.0-xsl php7.0-intl php7.0-mbstring php7.0-ctype php7.0-hash php7.0-openssl php7.0-zip php7.0-xmlwriter php7.0-gd php7.0-iconv

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answered Apr 25 '18 at 11:18

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Your answer doesn't add any value. – Stephan Vierkant Apr 25 '18 at 14:03
Your answer doesn't contain any new information. Please see the other answers. – Stephan Vierkant Apr 25 '18 at 20:03
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This is a very good answer, as person looking for curl will likely have next question on his mind about mcrypt. And so on, so it is very useful to have everything there. – TheKitMurkit Sep 03 '18 at 05:12
Why are these extensions suddenly missing? How to install them in standalone Windows using PHP.ini? – David Spector Jul 18 '21 at 12:46

score 14 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 08 '20 at 16:08

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If You have 404 or errors while sudo apt-get install php-curl just try

sudo apt-get update

and again try

sudo apt-get install php-curl

But notice what version was installed (i use php7.3 and php7.4-curl was installed - so it will not work)

try then

sudo apt-get install php7.3-curl

At the end You may want to restart services like: apache2 or php-fpm:

sudo apache2 restart
sudo service php7.3-fpm restart

this worked for me.

Check if curl is on the installed modules list for current php:

php -m

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answered Jan 08 '20 at 10:48

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Curl is installed, but not in that list... now what? Edit php.ini? (total newb here) – Brien Malone Feb 07 '22 at 22:48

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 15 '19 at 08:27

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If you are using PHP7.1 ( try php -version to find your PHP version)

sudo apt-get install php7.1-curl

then restart apache

sudo service apache2 restart

answered Feb 15 '19 at 08:27

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I prefer this answer since it specifies the version number. The accepted answer is not very accurate. – Aaron Liu Mar 26 '19 at 18:18

score 4 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 16 '19 at 08:37

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First Login to your server and check the PHP version which is installed on your server.

And then run the following commands:

sudo apt-get install php7.2-curl

sudo service apache2 restart

Replace the PHP version ( php7.2 ), with your PHP version.

edited Sep 16 '19 at 08:37

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score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 30 '19 at 12:27

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I got an error that the CURL extension was missing whilst installing WebMail Lite 8 on WAMP (so on Windows).

After reading that libeay32.dll was required which was only present in some of the PHP installation folders (such as 7.1.26), I switched the PHP version in use from 7.2.14 to 7.1.26 in the WAMP PHP version menu, and the error went away.

answered Apr 30 '19 at 12:27

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I had to do this as well to get CURL to work. (I tried copying libeay32.dll from version 7.0.10 into 7.3.8 folder, but didn't work.) Not sure why this library file is missing from new php 7.3.8 installation. – Stefan Nov 07 '19 at 10:17

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 18 '15 at 09:18

install php70w-common.

It provides php-api, php-bz2, php-calendar, php-ctype, php-curl, php-date, php-exif, php-fileinfo, php-filter, php-ftp, php-gettext, php-gmp, php-hash, php-iconv, php-json, php-libxml, php-openssl, php-pcre, php-pecl-Fileinfo, php-pecl-phar, php-pecl-zip, php-reflection, php-session, php-shmop, php-simplexml, php-sockets, php-spl, php-tokenizer, php-zend-abi, php-zip, php-zlib.

https://webtatic.com/packages/php70/

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Apr 19 '19 at 21:44

Windows users:

Note: Note to Win32 Users In order to enable this module on a Windows environment, libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll, or, as of OpenSSL 1.1 libcrypto-.dll and libssl-.dll, must be present in your PATH. Also libssh2.dll must be present in your PATH. You don't need libcurl.dll from the cURL site.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.installation.php

Add your C:\wamp\bin\php\php7.1.15 to your PATH

Restart all services

score -1 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 01 '16 at 08:21

Try it if you get E: Unable to locate package {packageName}

sudo add-apt-repository main
sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo add-apt-repository restricted
sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php-curl

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