PHP and CURL under Windows 7 64 bits and Apache

Question

I'm trying to use curl with PHP on my box without any success.

My Config :

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OS : win 7 64 bits,

PHP : 5.3.1,

Apache : 2.2.14

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I was able to use the mysql extension, so the configuration of my php.ini seems fine. But I get and error in Apache log with curl :

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'C:/php-5.3.1/ext/php_curl.dll' - The specified module could not be found.\r\n in Unknown on line 0

The file is right there, and it's loading php_mysql.dll without any problem.

I tried everything : to put the dll file in apache\bin, windows\system32, put the path of the php EXT in the PATH environment variable. to put some lib (libeay.dll and sssomething.dll) in windows 32

Well, I think this might have something to do with my Windows being 64 bits or with the version of PHP.. maybe. I don't know anymore :(

Any idea?

Update I'm not using Wamp because I like to know what I do to my system, and ultimately choose the version that I want of apache, php and MySql.

My Solution

I added the path of PHP in my PATH environement variable and it worked. I'll try to find out what was the DLL needed.

Update : Well it looks like it was libeay32.dll and sslleay32.dll had to be in the PATH environment variable. I added to the bin subdirectory of Apache and it worked.

Answer 1

What I did for this problem with PHP cURL in Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 64-bit:

1. Stop WampServer.
2. Open php.ini in C:\wamp\bin\php\(your PHP version) and remove the semicolon from ;extension=php_curl.dll.
3. Start WAMP and test.

If it is still not working:

I downloaded php_curl-(your PHP version)-VC9-x64.zip from this link, and replaced the default php_curl.dll in C:\wamp\bin\php\php-virsion\ext with the new one.

This solved my problem.

Answer 2

AFAIR, you need libeay32.dll and libssl32.dll files on PATH for Curl to work properly. And probably 64 bit for your x64 system.