[php] How to check if curl is enabled or disabled

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Writing a function in php

I'm using the following code

echo 'Curl: ', function_exists('curl_version') ? 'Enabled' : 'Disabled';

this can get it enabled or disabled

but I would like to make as function say function name is _iscurl

then I can call it as following any where in my website code

if (_iscurl()){
  echo "this is enabled"; // will do an action
}else{
  echo "this is disabled"; // will do another action
}

almost same as my previous question check if allow_url_fopen is enabled or not

This question is related to php

The answer is


<?php

// Script to test if the CURL extension is installed on this server

// Define function to test
function _is_curl_installed() {
    if  (in_array  ('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) {
        return true;
    }
    else {
        return false;
    }
}

// Ouput text to user based on test
if (_is_curl_installed()) {
  echo "cURL is <span style=\"color:blue\">installed</span> on this server";
} else {
  echo "cURL is NOT <span style=\"color:red\">installed</span> on this server";
}
?>

or a simple one -

<?
phpinfo();
?>

Just search for curl

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You can always create a new page and use phpinfo(). Scroll down to the curl section and see if it is enabled.


you can check by putting these code in php file.

<?php
if(in_array  ('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) {
    echo "CURL is available on your web server";
}
else{
    echo "CURL is not available on your web server";
}

OR

var_dump(extension_loaded('curl'));

Its always better to go for a generic reusable function in your project which returns whether the extension loaded. You can use the following function to check -

function isExtensionLoaded($extension_name){
    return extension_loaded($extension_name);
}

Usage

echo isExtensionLoaded('curl');
echo isExtensionLoaded('gd');

var_dump(extension_loaded('curl'));

Hope this helps.

<?php
    function _iscurl() {
        return function_exists('curl_version');
    }
?>