Check to see if cURL is installed locally?

Question

How do I check if cURL is installed on my local server instance?

Does it matter what type of server I\'m running to check it?

Is

Answer 1

To extend the answer above and if the case is you are using XAMPP. In the current version of the xampp you cannot locate the curl_exec in the php.ini, just try using

';
var_dump(curl_version());
echo '

'; ?>

and save to your htdocs. Next go to your browser and paste

http://localhost/[your_filename].php

if the result looks like this

array(9) {
  ["version_number"]=>
  int(469760)
  ["age"]=>
  int(3)
  ["features"]=>
  int(266141)
  ["ssl_version_number"]=>
  int(0)
  ["version"]=>
  string(6) "7.43.0"
  ["host"]=>
  string(13) "i386-pc-win32"
  ["ssl_version"]=>
  string(14) "OpenSSL/1.0.2e"
  ["libz_version"]=>
  string(5) "1.2.8"
  ["protocols"]=>
  array(19) {
    [0]=>
    string(4) "dict"
    [1]=>
    string(4) "file"
    [2]=>
    string(3) "ftp"
    [3]=>
    string(4) "ftps"
    [4]=>
    string(6) "gopher"
    [5]=>
    string(4) "http"
    [6]=>
    string(5) "https"
    [7]=>
    string(4) "imap"
    [8]=>
    string(5) "imaps"
    [9]=>
    string(4) "ldap"
    [10]=>
    string(4) "pop3"
    [11]=>
    string(5) "pop3s"
    [12]=>
    string(4) "rtsp"
    [13]=>
    string(3) "scp"
    [14]=>
    string(4) "sftp"
    [15]=>
    string(4) "smtp"
    [16]=>
    string(5) "smtps"
    [17]=>
    string(6) "telnet"
    [18]=>
    string(4) "tftp"
  }
}

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