is cURL part of the original PHP installation?

Question

When I first installed PHP did it include the libraries for cURL?

Answer 1

To test if your version of PHP has cURL support create a php file:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

If you open this file in your browser, it will print out all the information regarding your php installation, including whether cURL is enabled.

Look for a line that says cURL support enabled, under a heading curl.