PHP Extension "curl" must be loaded

Question

Hi, I am very new to magento and currently I am getting "PHP Extension curl must be loaded" error during magento installation. Can you help me?

Answer 1

remove ';' from extension=php_curl.dll in php.ini , maybe you don't have active de mod.

Do and look if you have it active.

Answer 2

Before installing Magento or any other system take a look at the system requirements:

For Magento:

Supported Operating Systems:

• Linux x86, x86-64

Supported Web Servers:

• Apache 1.3.x
• Apache 2.0.x
• Apache 2.2.x

Supported Browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above
• Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above
• Apple Safari 2.x
• Google Chrome
• Adobe Flash browser plug-in should be installed

PHP Compatibility:

• 5.2

Required extensions:

• PDO_MySQL
• simplexml
• mcrypt
• hash
• GD
• DOM
• iconv
• curl
• SOAP (if Webservices API is to be used)
• Safe_mode off
• Memory_limit no less than 256Mb (preferably 512)

MySQL:

• 4.1.20 or newer

• InnoDB storage engine SSL:

• If HTTPS is used to work in the admin, SSL certificate should be valid. Self-signed SSL certificates are not supported Server - hosting - setup:

• Ability to run scheduled jobs (crontab) with PHP 5

• Ability to override options in .htaccess files

To install CURL check this page depending on your platform

Answer 3

If your server does not have curl installed on it you can type one of the following commands to install it:

For Debian/Ubuntu based systems you can type

sudo apt-get install php5-curl sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

For RedHat/CentOS based systems you can type (as root)

yum install php5-curl /etc/init.d/httpd restart

This should install curl and have it start to work for you.