Call to undefined function App\Http\Controllers\curl_init() laravel 5.6

Question

I get following error when I try to use curl_init('some_url') in a controller:

Call to undefined function App\Http\Controllers\curl_init()

but when I use php artisan tinker and try to use curl_init('some_url') it works fine and I get no error.

More Info:

when I type following command in terminal

php -i | grep curl

I get:

/etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/20-curl.ini,
curl

as answered in this link I tried reinstalling curl with:

sudo apt-get install php-curl

and I restarted apache with

sudo service apache2 restart

but I still get mentioned error when trying to use curl_init() in a controller. How can I fix this error?

@hanshenrik it gives me Sterling Hughes. you can see in http://185.8.173.192:8001/ — eylay, May 06 '18 at 11:05
that page tells me it's not installed properly, or not enabled. what is in `/etc/php/7.1/apache2/php.ini` ? — hanshenrik, May 06 '18 at 11:09
also i see you're running the sury.org package, run `sudo apt install php7.1-curl; sudo service apache restart;`, does that change anything? — hanshenrik, May 06 '18 at 11:10
@hanshenrik Yes thst's right. i had installed php7.2-curl instead of 7.1. that was my mistake. it's now working correctly — eylay, May 06 '18 at 11:12

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 06 '18 at 10:33

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its a namespace issue, you're trying to call curl_init from the App\Http\Controllers namespace. to call it from the global namespace, do $ch= \curl_init(); , notice the \ there. for namespace documentation, check http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php

answered May 06 '18 at 10:33

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this time I get Call to undefined function curl_init() instead of App\Http\Controllers\curl_init() – eylay May 06 '18 at 10:40
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@AliSeyfi separate issue, you don't have the curl extension installed in PHP. if you're compiling PHP from source, check http://php.net/manual/en/curl.setup.php (aka, compile with the `--with-curl` flag) , otherwise check with your php provider – hanshenrik May 06 '18 at 10:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '22 at 05:23

Do the following as they worked for me.

Install curl using the following command via terminal.

sudo apt-get install php-curl

Restart the server.

For Apache

systemctl restart apache

For NGinX

sudo systemctl reload nginx

sudo service nginx restart

Call to undefined function App\Http\Controllers\curl_init() laravel 5.6

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