I prefer to move this back to 'won't fix'. To use PHPs cURL support you must also compile PHP -with-curlDIR where DIR is the location of the directory containing the lib and include directories. is just not suitable for running an Ubercart store. A webhost which doesn't or won't support cURL or OpenSSL (implicitly required for drupal_http_request() in order to use the HTTPS protocol) or increased PHP memory limits etc. I think it's sufficient to put the cURL test in hook_requirements() as is currently done.

) Relying on cURL, which is actively developed by a much wider user base than just the Drupal community, and which is frequently updated, seems like a good decision as opposed to the ad hoc re-inventing of the wheel through drupal_http_request(). In particular, for my Canada Post module, the Canada Post web server doesn't support HTTP 1.0 requests which is all drupal_http_request() can do even though HTTP 1.1 has been available for 11+ years! (I can't type enough exclamation points here to emphasize how incredible that is. I presume this is why a lot of modules use cURL - I know that's why *I* use cURL in some of *my* modules.

Most hosting providers today already have Curl installed on their server.Drupal_http_request() is a dysfunctional function - it has known problems dating back 7+ years. Check the PHP information page again, you will find PHP-CURL installed.Save the file and restart apache with this command: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart.

After it finish open php.ini file (mine is at /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini ) and add this command: extension=curl.so.Open your terminal and type this command: sudo apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl php5-mcrypt.To install php-curl please follow this steps: Search for Curl, and if you cannot find it, it mean your php doesn’t have curl installed.Now you will see the Information about your PHP installation.Open your favorite browser and open that file (ex:.Create a file in your web server (in Ubuntu it would be in /var/www folder), name it info.php.Okay, now let’s start with check if php-curl is already installed in your server or not. This time i want to share with you how to install Curl in PHP5 in Linux Environtment (I’m using Ubuntu 8.10) and using apache web server, but if you have any question to install php-curl in other environment, feel free to contact me of leave any comment, i will glad to help you.

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