Facebook needs the CURL PHP extension

Question

I'm trying to run my first facebook php application on my apache server. It gives error Facebook needs the CURL PHP extension.. I have added line extension=php_curl.dll in php.ini and it runs normally in phpStorm ide. But it still gives error in web browser when I put php files into apache directory and run server manually.

Answer 1

I was also getting the error. I tried this command.

sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl  

and my problem was resolved.

Answer 2

in a new php page type:

<?php phpinfo(); ?> 

in there check to see which php.ini you need to edit.

Loaded Configuration File: ________ path to ini file you must edit _______ 

Also, use this page to see if the server thinks curl is enabled. do you see this line:

 cURL support   enabled 

if it is not enabled after editing the ini file and restarting the web server, things depend on how you installed php

this guide looks promising enough