Broken curl extension in PHP 8.3.2 on Windows

[Eccenux]

Description

Cannot get curl to load at all. Used to have problems with ldap and openssl, bu they load fine after adding LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libssl-3-x64.dll" I think.

Configuration

php.ini:

extension=php_curl.dll
[curl]
curl.cainfo = c:\Prog\PHPs\cacert.pem

apache httpd.conf:

##
#BEGIN PHP
Define MY_PHP_ROOT "c:/Prog/PHPs/PHP83"

# Load libraries that might be required for PHP extensions (curl, openssl, ldap)
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/glib-2.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/gmodule-2.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/icudt72.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/icuin72.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/icuio72.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/icuuc72.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libcrypto-3-x64.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libenchant2.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libpq.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libsasl.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libsodium.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libsqlite3.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libssh2.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libssl-3-x64.dll"

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .html
LoadModule php_module "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/php8apache2_4.dll"
PHPIniDir "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/apache_ini/"

#END PHP
##

Resulted in this output:

[01-Feb-2024 15:56:31 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl' (tried: c:/Prog/PHPs/PHP83/ext\curl (Nie można odnaleźć określonego modułu), c:/Prog/PHPs/PHP83/ext\php_curl.dll (Nie można odnaleźć określonego modułu)) in Unknown on line 0
[01-Feb-2024 15:56:33 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl' (tried: c:/Prog/PHPs/PHP83/ext\curl (Nie można odnaleźć określonego modułu), c:/Prog/PHPs/PHP83/ext\php_curl.dll (Nie można odnaleźć określonego modułu)) in Unknown on line 0

But I expected this output instead:

No bugz :) (or a helpful message at least, see separate report: #13302)

PHP Version

PHP 8.3.2

Operating System

Windows 10 22H2

[ndossche]

It works on my machine with the CLI SAPI.
Are you getting your PHP binaries from https://windows.php.net or elsewhere?
Also, can you please confirm whether it works in CLI?
Also, this heavily reminds me of #12491 (might be helpful)

[Eccenux]

Hi. I've got standard PHP build php-8.3.2-Win32-vs16-x64.zip. And Apache from https://www.apachelounge.com/download/
...
Upgrading to Apache 2.4.58 did the trick 🥳. Thank you for your help 🙂

This table was crucial:
#12491 (comment)

[Eccenux]

Oh and only those two libraries are needed:

# Load libraries required for PHP extensions (curl, openssl, ldap)
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libssh2.dll"
LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libssl-3-x64.dll"

In PHP7 it was only:

LoadFile "${MY_PHP_ROOT}/libssh2.dll"

[verybigelephants]

I was also getting curl error

nghttp2_option_set_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation could not be loated in the dynamic library ...php-8.3.3-Win32-vs16-x64\ext\php_curl.dll

thank you @Eccenux

[inri13666]

Hi. I've got standard PHP build php-8.3.2-Win32-vs16-x64.zip. And Apache from https://www.apachelounge.com/download/ ... Upgrading to Apache 2.4.58 did the trick 🥳.

thank you @Eccenux :)

[JakeQZ]

Upgrading to Apache 2.4.58 did the trick 🥳.

#12491 also gives an alternative, slightly hacky solution, of renaming nghttp2.dll in the Apache bin folder, so that the version shipped with PHP is loaded instead.