Make HTTP Requests Using Curl and Decoding JSON Responses in PHP

PHP has Curl library that let’s you communicate with other servers. The Curl libaray is enabled by installing cUrl extension in PHP.INI. You just need to uncomment “extension=php_curl.dll” in PHP.INI file to install Curl library.

 

As a php developer, sometimes we need to get data from other server or need to make request to other server like payment gateways integration, fetching catalog etc. By using Curl library, You can make http request to a server and get the required data.  you can also decode the JSON result with json_decode() function.

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