Enable curl with XAMPP on Windows XP

2007 Feb 8

To enable curl library with XAMPP we need to modify the php.ini files in our xampp folder.

1) Locate the following files:
C:\Program Files\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini
C:\Program Files\xampp\php\php.ini
C:\Program Files\xampp\php\php4\php.ini

2) Uncomment the following line on your php.ini file by removing the semicolon.

;extension=php_curl.dll

3) Restart your apache server.

4) Check your phpinfo if curl was properly enabled.





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Hey, thanks for this =]

Excellent! Just Sweet & Simple :)

Thank you. This was a lot of help.

Thanks! :)

Hi there,
Many thanks for posting this information here.
It's been a very nasty couple of days for me with curl not working.. You're a star for having pointed out the php.ini in the apache bin folder.. I had totally forgotten it..

Many thanks,
Bala Menon

this is was really of great help. thanks man.

This worked!
Thank you so much for this post.

Thanks a lot, curl is working now!!

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