WampServer

Hi,

I am using Wampserver version 2.1 (64-bit). The PHP version is 5.3.4. I enabled the php_curl extension. I

verified that it is enabled by displaying the localhost page (its listed under enabled extensions). However, when

my PHP script executes curl_exec, I get the following error:

PHP Fatal error: curl_exec failed. in C:\wamp\www\WebExtend\eventsFeedOOv2.php on line 80

It works just fine on a real web server. Can you offer any advice on why its failing on Wampserver?

Thanks,

Laura

1. Check all the logs in c:\wamp\logs or whereever you may have moved them to.

2. Check you Windows Event log for any errors that may have been reported in there from apache or php.

The error log shows the following which doesn't tell me much other than curl_exec() failed:

[05-Apr-2012 14:08:09] PHP Fatal error: curl_exec failed. in C:\wamp\www\WebExtend\eventsFeedOOv2.php on line 93.


I checked the apache log - no errors.

I checked Windows Event log - no errors.

Is your curl_exec() using a cURL handle returned by curl_init() which succeeded?

I'm assuming the cURL handle is valid since I am checking the return value from curl_init() and it is not equal to FALSE.

Here is my code:

if ( ($ch = curl_init()) === FALSE )
trigger_error("Could not initialize cURL session.", E_USER_ERROR);

// Set the URL to fetch.
if ( !curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $events_list_URL) )
trigger_error("Could not set CURLOPT_URL.", E_USER_ERROR);

// Return the transfer as a string instead of directly outputting it.
if ( !curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE) )
trigger_error("Could not set CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER.", E_USER_ERROR);

// Execute a cURL session. It should return a list of events encoded in JSON.
$json = curl_exec($ch);
if ( $json === FALSE )
trigger_error("curl_exec failed.", E_USER_ERROR);

// Close the cURL session.
curl_close($ch);

return $json;

I assume that you have checked that the curl extension has been turned on?

wamp manager -> php -> php_extensions -> php_curl

If not ticked then tick it.

Yes, I did turn on the curl extension and I verified that it is enabled by displaying the localhost page (its listed under enabled extensions).

I did some research on the internet and found one gentleman who was using a configuration similar to mine (Wampserver version 2.1 (64-bit). The PHP version is 5.3.4. using WIndows 7) His curl_exec was also failing. He went to the trouble of installing a sniffer program. He fixed the problem by doing the following:

"I just added the "KeepAliveTime" setting with windows 7 regedit.exe in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/services/Tcpip, as a
REG_DWORD value, set it to decimal 25000 (so 25 seconds), rebooted,
and it all works as i want it now.."

I'm not technical enough to understand his solution. I'm currently investigating it.

Let me know if you have any suggestions.