Check to see if cURL is installed locally

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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 it different if it s a PHP server or a CF server

User · Accepted Answer

In the Terminal  type     curl -V   That s a capital V for the version

User · Answer

Another way  say in CentOS  is     yum list installed   curl   Loaded plugins  aliases  changelog  fastestmirror  kabi  langpacks  priorities  tmprepo  verify                  versionlock Loading support for Red Hat kernel ABI Determining fastest mirrors google-chrome                                                                                    3 3 152 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Installed Packages curl x86 64                                        7 29 0-42 el7                                 base libcurl x86 64                                     7 29 0-42 el7                                 base libcurl-devel x86 64                               7 29 0-42 el7                                 base python-pycurl x86 64                               7 19 0-19 el7                                 base

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cURL is disabled for most hosting control panels for security reasons  but it s required for a lot of php applications  It s not unusual for a client to request it  Since the risk of enabling cURL is minimal  you are probably better off enabling it than losing a customer  It s simply a utility that helps php scripts fetch things using standard Internet URLs   To enable cURL  you will remove curl exec from the  disabled list  in the control panel php advanced settings  You will also find a disabled list in the various php ini files  look in  etc php ini and other paths that might exist for your control panel  You will need to restart Apache to make the change take effect   service httpd restart  To confirm whether cURL is enabled or disabled  create a file somewhere in your system and paste the following contents    lt  php echo   lt pre gt    var dump curl version     echo   lt  pre gt      gt    Save the file as testcurl php and then run it as a php script   php testcurl php  If cURL is disabled you will see this error   Fatal error  Call to undefined function curl version   in testcurl php on line 2  If cURL is enabled you will see a long list of attributes  like this   array 9      version number    gt  int 461570    age    gt  int 1    features    gt  int 540    ssl version number    gt  int 9465919    version    gt  string 6   7 11 2    host    gt  string 13   i386-pc-win32    ssl version    gt  string 15    OpenSSL 0 9 7c    libz version    gt  string 5   1 1 4    protocols    gt  array 9     0   gt  string 3   ftp   1   gt  string 6   gopher   2   gt  string 6   telnet   3   gt  string 4   dict   4   gt  string 4   ldap   5   gt  string 4   http   6   gt  string 4   file   7   gt  string 5   https   8   gt  string 4   ftps

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Assuming you want curl installed  just execute the install command and see what happens     sudo yum install curl  Loaded plugins  fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile    base  mirrors cat pdx edu    epel  mirrors kernel org    extras  mirrors cat pdx edu    remi-php72  repo1 sea innoscale net    remi-safe  repo1 sea innoscale net    updates  mirrors cat pdx edu Package curl-7 29 0-54 el7 7 1 x86 64 already installed and latest version Nothing to do

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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   lt  php echo   lt pre gt    var dump curl version     echo   lt  pre gt      gt    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    gt    int 469760      age    gt    int 3      features    gt    int 266141      ssl version number    gt    int 0      version    gt    string 6   7 43 0      host    gt    string 13   i386-pc-win32      ssl version    gt    string 14   OpenSSL 1 0 2e      libz version    gt    string 5   1 2 8      protocols    gt    array 19         0   gt      string 4   dict       1   gt      string 4   file       2   gt      string 3   ftp       3   gt      string 4   ftps       4   gt      string 6   gopher       5   gt      string 4   http       6   gt      string 5   https       7   gt      string 4   imap       8   gt      string 5   imaps       9   gt      string 4   ldap       10   gt      string 4   pop3       11   gt      string 5   pop3s       12   gt      string 4   rtsp       13   gt      string 3   scp       14   gt      string 4   sftp       15   gt      string 4   smtp       16   gt      string 5   smtps       17   gt      string 6   telnet       18   gt      string 4   tftp          curl is enable

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