Trying to use libcurl with php and failing miserably!

[claudiogc]

Good evening!

I'm trying to use libcurl with php in my Debian and apparently it is not working unless i'm doing something wrong.

So, when i enter with "aptitude search libcurl", my output is:

 

 

v   libcurl-dev                     -                                           
p   libcurl-ocaml                   - OCaml curl bindings (Runtime Library)     
p   libcurl-ocaml-dev               - OCaml libcurl bindings (Development packag
v   libcurl-ocaml-dev-owsj4         -                                           
v   libcurl-ocaml-owsj4             -                                           
v   libcurl-ssl-dev                 -                                           
i A libcurl3                        - easy-to-use client-side URL transfer libra
p   libcurl3-dbg                    - debugging symbols for libcurl (OpenSSL, Gn
v   libcurl3-dev                    -                                           
i A libcurl3-gnutls                 - easy-to-use client-side URL transfer libra
v   libcurl3-gnutls-dev             -                                           
p   libcurl3-nss                    - easy-to-use client-side URL transfer libra
v   libcurl3-nss-dev                -                                           
v   libcurl3-openssl-dev            -                                           
v   libcurl4-dbg                    -                                           
v   libcurl4-dev                    -                                           
p   libcurl4-gnutls-dev             - development files and documentation for li
p   libcurl4-nss-dev                - development files and documentation for li
p   libcurl4-openssl-dev            - development files and documentation for li

The "i" means it is installed, i believe. Then, i read this tutorial and changed a little bit a code posted in it. http://php.net/manual/en/curl.examples.php

 

 

<?php

function cURLcheckBasicFunctions()
{
  if( !function_exists("curl_init") &&
      !function_exists("curl_setopt") &&
      !function_exists("curl_exec") &&
      !function_exists("curl_close") ) return false;
  else return true;
}

if( !cURLcheckBasicFunctions() ) {
    echo "UNAVAILABLE: cURL Basic Functions";
}
else {
    echo "cURL is working fine!";
}

?>

 

I believe if libcurl were installed in my system i should see "cURL is working fine", but my output is "UNAVAILABLE: cURL Basic Functions".

 

So, what is wrong?

Edited September 4, 2014 by claudiogc

[CroNiX]

libcurl is the OS/Debian curl package, you need to install and enable the PHP curl library in your php.ini and reboot the web server. I think debian calls it "php5-curl". You can see if it's enabled via phpinfo();

Edited September 4, 2014 by CroNiX