cURL : Enabling [ PHP, Ubuntu ]

To check whether the curl is enabled in your environment, create a php file as below and browse to file know the details.

<?php
echo ‘<pre>’;
var_dump(curl_version());
echo ‘</pre>’;
?>

save as testCurl.php

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_version() indicates is not enabled. To enable curl now open you php.ini file and look for this line: extension=php_curl.dll

Remove the semi-colon in front of extension=php_curl.dll

For php 5 , we need not recompile again for curl and curl devel to be included . We could follow the following as ‘raptormanod’ mentions in forum.

Step1. Open terminal and type :sudo synaptic

saffrongeek@saffrongeek-laptop:~$ sudo synaptic

Step2.Search for curl, select All and type ‘curl’ in search box and search. Check the php-curl from the searched list.

Step3.Apply the packages. Then open up your php.ini file at sudo vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Step4. Add the following line.
extension=php_curl.dll

Step5.Save and restart Apache:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
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saffrongeek@saffrongeek-laptop:~$ sudo synaptic

saffrongeek@saffrongeek-laptop:~$ sudo vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
saffrongeek@saffrongeek-laptop:~$ restartapache
* Restarting web server apache2                                                                                                                              … waiting

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