Call to undefined function curl_init() error

Question

I am on a Win 64 bit OS, php 5.6.8 using Eclipse PDT to develop PHP.

I have come across this Call to undefined function curl_init() error.

I removed the ; preceeding extension=php_curl.dll in php.ini .Restarted the Apache server but still getting the same error.

Any hint where I am going wrong?

Answer 1

I had the same issue and after hours, I found a message here :

http://php.net/manual/curl.installation.php

which says, "Upgrading to php 5.6.9 on Windows 7 x64 cURL no longer is recognized. No errors on server start package just not available and didn't show in phpinfo.php. deplister.exe was ok I fixed coping the following list files from php folder (in my case D:\xampp\php) libeay32.dll, libssh2.dll, ssleay32.dll to c:\xampp\apache\bin (or your apache\bin path), restart Apache and works fine, Apache's libraries were outdated."

It worked for me.

Not easy to find, right ? :-)

Answer 2

Your issue is probably already solved. But for those still searching, please find my answer here.

It might be the the wrong Path being pointed at.

My answer in the Link ( Call to undefined function curl_init() even it is enabled in php7 ) says:

Your Filepath is probably incorrect

Check the Apache error log in

/var/log/apache2/error.log

if the called path or filename does match your real path in e.g.

/usr/lib/php/20151012/php_curl.so

In my case it's been the same path, but "the php_" was missing

/usr/lib/php/20151012/curl.so

So I changed the path / filename accordingly in

/etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d/20-curl.ini 

from

extension=php_curl.so

into

extension=curl.so

Answer 3

Just add php folder path in PATH environment variable..... ;)

Answer 4

With PHP 7.2.4 and Apache 2.4.33 both installed on Windows 10x64 I got the same error: call to undefined function curl_init(). php.ini had extensions directory path and the php_curl extension defined and uncommented. Tried suggestions from earlier answers, no go.

Fixed it by adding my PHP location to system PATH (as C:\php) and restarting httpd (Apache2.4 service in my case).