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I've been using WAMP for a long time without any problems with PHP 7.2.4. Today I've updated my PHP to 7.4.19 and it seems the cURL extension is not loading properly, I am getting the curl_init() error.

  • php.ini is configured correctly in php7.4.19 folder, extension=curl is uncommented, so is the php.ini file in apache/bin folder, which is basically just a link to the same file from the PHP directory
  • I've tried unchecking the cURL extension and turning it on again from WAMP settings and also directly in php.ini by commenting it, followed by restarting the WAMP or even Windows
  • in phpinfo() I can clearly see the cURL is not being loaded, if I switch back to 7.2.4 however and refresh the page, cURL loads just fine
  • I've tried copying the php_curl.dll from 7.2.4 /ext directory, to the current 7.4.19 /ext directory and rewriting the file
  • I've tried adding extension=php_curl.dll to php.ini as well

The system PATH is correctly configured. As I mentioned, it works well with older version of PHP, which uses the same system PATH.

System info:

  • WAMP 3.2.5 x64
  • Apache 2.4.33
  • PHP 7.4.19
  • MySQL and MariaDB probably not relevant at all
  • Windows 10 x64 with most recent updates

Basically I've tried everything I found online. Do you have any ideas?

Kristián Filo
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  • You probably need to update php_curl.dll. This one should be able to help you out - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10939248/php-curl-not-working-wamp-on-windows-7-64-bit#10977022 Get the correct version of php_curl.dll and replace it. – Jumbo May 21 '21 at 07:18

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This is very dumb of me, but I finally solved it, leaving this answer here in case anyone struggles with the same problem.

I needed to update Apache from 2.4.33 to 2.4.47. Seems like the .33 version had problems with loading the cURL extension in PHP 7.4 for some reason.

Kristián Filo
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  • next time it happens, make sure to set `display_startup_errors=On` and `display_errors =On` in php.ini as well, they'd probably tell you where the php loading failed – hanshenrik May 21 '21 at 08:06