PHP Curl is not loading in PHP 7.3.3 for windows 8.1 64 bit

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I have gone through other similar questions but i cannot find a proper solution. I am a newbie to PHP. As per suggestions in youtube i have done php configuration with apache2.4 and php is working fine. I have enabled the extensions in php.ini file and uncommented curl dll. I refreshed the Apache and reloaded the web page but the Curl is not loaded. It seems in PHP 7 versions the configuration is dynamic in php.ini . I couldn't able to figure out where the changes needed to be done. Please help.

PHP 7.3.3 version php.ini file is attached here php.ini

@Shanteshwar Inde The link that you provided leads me to Php 5 version settings. But Php 7 seems to be different from php5. Please visit the link i added in the question so that you notice the differences — RAP, Mar 06 '19 at 06:10
@ShanteshwarInde - a thread offering downloads of fixed PHP 5 libraries/extensions is not helpful. — PoloHoleSet, Mar 15 '19 at 16:10
Seems I have the same issue with PHP error `[20-Mar-2019 15:42:52 UTC] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_curl.dll' (tried: c:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.3.3/ext/php_curl.dll (The specified procedure could not be found.), c:/wamp64/bin/php/php7.3.3/ext/php_php_curl.dll.dll (The specified module could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0` — Xenos, Mar 20 '19 at 15:44

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '19 at 15:49

This won't "fix" the bug, but you might try using the DLL from another version of PHP https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/archives/

I took PHP 7.3.2 win32 VC15 x64, and the php_curl.dll from it seems compatible with PHP 7.3.3 Win32 VC 15, which is my PHP installed version.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '19 at 20:00

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This works for me :)

Add the following to the end of Apache/conf/httpd.conf:

load curl and open ssl libraries

LoadFile "C:/(path to php folder)/libssh2.dll"

answered Nov 27 '19 at 20:00

user1747895

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '20 at 01:04

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To solve the problem, copy the following 3 files from the PHP root folder to the Apache's bin subfolder:

libeay32.dll
libssh2.dll
ssleay32.dll

Then restart the Apache's service.

answered Mar 08 '20 at 01:04

Dmitrii Fediuk

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I only had libssh2.dll in my PHP7.4 root. Copying that worked (somehow)! – Hobbes Mar 22 '23 at 16:37

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 25 '19 at 15:35

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Solved my issues in this matter configuring in httpd.conf with the option

PHPIniDir=C:/PHP7

must test php, on extensions, on the command line with

php -m

edited Sep 25 '19 at 15:35

Suraj Rao

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answered Sep 25 '19 at 15:28

Marcelo Nunes

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 16 '19 at 18:49

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They have changed the paths. If you have installed PHP in C:\php7\ directory, then you need to put something like this in your php.ini file.

extension=/php7/ext/php_sockets.dll

answered Oct 16 '19 at 18:49

Tomislav Parčina

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 26 '22 at 18:24

A Gotcha! on Windows, if you typically run one of several different versions of PHP, would be that your Apache referenced version might be out of sync with your windows environment var PHP version. Discovered this because I typically work with legacy code in various versions and oddly curl refused to load even though all the configuration in Apache and PHP were correct... Then I remembered my previous job was using PHP 5.4 As soon as I changed my env var to the current version of PHP Apache and PHP loaded curl

PHP Curl is not loading in PHP 7.3.3 for windows 8.1 64 bit

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load curl and open ssl libraries