PHP curl extension must be loaded when installing on xampp Windows 7

Question

I am installing Magento on a local xampp server on Windows 7. How to fix this error "PHP curl" must be loaded. "

Answer 1

Uncomment the following line: extension=php_curl.dll in the php.ini configuration file of your XAMP.

The location of the php.ini file will be basically

 %XAMPP_HOME%/php/php.ini 

Answer 2

I would like to point out a problem. First of all, doing the same thing under Wamp instead of Xampp (that is, uncommenting extension = php_curl.dll in php and apache directories causes an error, because Wamp does not pack this DLL from it (at least on server 2.0). I had a wamp ditch and install xampp to run magento, maybe someone can suggest where you can also download php_curl.dll because magento can be made to work with Wamp as well.

There is a magento checklist file at:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/how-do-i-know-if-my-server-is-compatible-with-magento

This script has two problems. The opening tag must first be <?php , not <? or the xampp server will not start it. Secondly, the expression shell_exec () returns an empty array because the mysql path is not configured, that's all, otherwise even I suppose this part should be fine. (???)

Answer 3

Stop apache and restart it.

In the xampp panel , go to the SCM tab, and then select the Apache server and stop it and restart again.

Then go to the magento installation page and refresh the page.

Setting for change:

 ;extension=php_curl.dll 

to (semicolon removed)

 extension=php_curl.dll