Enable cURL on PHP7 windows10 64 bit Apache 2.4

Question

I am using Windows10 64 bit Apache 2.4.25 (Win64) PHP 7.1.0-Win32-VC14-x64

when i try calling curl_init() function, i get an error saying "Call to undefined function curl_init()" tried following

• copying ssleay32.dll & libeay32.dll & php7ts.dll to apache/bin folder
• setting path properly to include above files "C:/PHP;"

Any help much appreciated.

Answer 1

Here are the steps from obtaining PHP to enabling cURL:

1. Download PHP (these steps tested with 7.1)
2. Add PHP folder to PATH environment variable
3. Update php.ini file with absolute path for extension directory and uncomment php_curl.dll and php_openssl.dll extensions
4. Update httpd.conf (Apache config file) to load php7apache2_4.dll module in PHP folder and set PHPIniDir to PHP directory
5. Copy libeay32.dll libssh2.dll and ssleay32.dll into apache/bin (replace existing)
6. Restart Apache.

Answer 2

I fixed it by:

1)Edit php.ini file Enable( uncomment) php_curl.dll and php_openssl.dll extensions

2)go to c:/php7/

Copy libssh2.dll into c:/apache24/bin folder.

3) test by: curl_test.php

<?php

// Script to test if the CURL extension is installed on this server

 // Define function to test
    function _is_curl_installed() {
if  (in_array  ('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) {
    return true;
}
else {
    return false;
}
}

// Ouput text to user based on test
 if (_is_curl_installed()) {
    echo "cURL is <span style=\"color:blue\">installed</span> on this server";
  } else {
  echo "cURL is NOT <span style=\"color:red\">installed</span> on this server";
}
?>

Answer 3

in PHP 7.2.2 Windows 10 Apache 2.4 After a while of searching for answers why the cURL library doesn´t load, i just copied libssh2.dll from \php to \Apache24\bin and everything started to work just fine

Answer 4

Here is what worked for me...

Env Info

• WAMP Server version 3.1.9
• Apache 2.4.39
• PHP 7.2.18

Step 1

From PHP downloads, I got VC15 x64 Thread Safe (2019-May-01 10:48:48) https://windows.php.net/download#php-7.2

Step 2

Extracted the zip file and copied /ext/php_curl.dll to C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.2.18\ext directory (By overwriting)

Step 3

Restarted all services

DONE

Answer 5

This save my life (from https://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.installation.php)

Upgrading to php 7.1.6 on Apache 2.4 32bit version Windows 7 x64

this curl implementation works:

1. C:/(path to php folder)/php.ini enable extension=php_curl.dll

libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll, libssh2.dll find directly in php7 folder

2. add this to Apache/conf/httpd.conf

   load curl and open ssl libraries LoadFile "C:/(path to php folder)/libeay32.dll" LoadFile "C:/(path to php folder)/ssleay32.dll"

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

If you don't find some of this DLLs, try downloaidng non-TS version fo php and copy them from that folder.