Enable CURL on Windows For PHP5.6.4

Question

Im trying to use HybridAuth in one of my projects, the error message im getting is

Original error message: Hybridauth Library needs the CURL PHP extension.

Even though i have enabled cURL in my php.ini extension=php_curl.dll

here is a screenshot of my phpinfo()

What else i have to do in-order to enable the cURL extension, the related php_curl.dll is also present in the ext dir

Message that i get when i restart the apache server

C:\Apache24\bin>httpd -k restart AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using fe80::a02e:1c05:c6ad:9332. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to suppress this message

Answer 1

You have to add PHP install path to windows environment path. For example it you install php on C:\PHP, add both C:\PHP and C:\PHP\ext to windows path. Some how Apache cannot find curl dependencies libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll and libssh2.dll

Answer 2

Try this:

if  (in_array  ('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) {
    echo "cURL is installed on this server";
}
else {
    echo "cURL is not installed on this server";
}

See, if that works.

Answer 3

so it turns out i need a fixed version of curl which i could not find for PHP_5.6.4, so i downgraded to PHP Version 5.4.3 and then downloaded Fixed curl extension(dont know what it is) from here replaced the original php_curl.dll with the one i downloaded and voila it worked.

The following SO post helped me fix the problem

PHP cURL not working - WAMP on Windows 7 64 bit

P.S please feel free to edit the answer as i dont know the exact reason why its working now and why it was not earlier...

Answer 4

get back the original php_curl.dll file ( from the zip file you downlaoded from php.net )

copy libssh2.dll, php_curl.dll, ssleay32.dll, libeay32.dll to Windows\system32 folder

this worked with me i have php 5.6.6 x64 ts with apache 2.4.10 in windows 8.1

Answer 5

You have to add the PHP install path to the Windows environment path. For example, if you install PHP on C:\PHP, add both C:\PHP and C:\PHP\ext to the Windows path. Somehow, Apache cannot find curl dependencies libeay32.dll, ssleay32.dll and libssh2.dll.