Updater says no CURL support, but host insists it is there
By Chris Wilcox on Monday, 11 August 2014
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Hi,

I have recently started to use a new hosting provider for my websites, and the new host is a dedicated Joomla hosting provider.

Previously, the old hosting worked fine for the update facility within EasyBlog however on the new hosting it gives me an error about missing CURL support so I have to do a manual update by downloading the latest installation package from StackIdeas.com

The new hosting provider insists that CURL is compiled within php and is loading correctly - can anyone suggest what may be causing this issue, as I much prefer to use the updater routine as I have a number of EasyBlog instances to manage.

Thanks,

Chris
Hello Chris Wilcox,

Can you provide us with your Joomla backend and FTP access so we can better have a look with this? Please advise.
Arlex Wong
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Monday, 11 August 2014 17:52
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Hi Arlex,

This is still an issue and I wonder if anyone can look at it for me?

Site details attached.

Thanks,

Chris
Chris Wilcox
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Friday, 31 October 2014 05:00
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Hello Chris,

For some reasons, the method curl_multi_init doesn't exist on your site and EasyBlog actually utilizes this method to invoke a curl request. Can you check with your hosting provider and see why the curl_multi_init isn't included with their curl package?
Mark
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Friday, 31 October 2014 11:41
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Many thanks Mark, I have raised this with my hosting provider and will see what they say.

Chris
Chris Wilcox
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Friday, 31 October 2014 17:45
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Hi Mark, my hosts tell me they do not enable curl_multi_init for security reasons and that I should advise my 'developer' to use a different function instead...I can't quite imagine your response but I'm curious to know what it is

Thanks,

Chris
Chris Wilcox
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Friday, 31 October 2014 20:50
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Hello Chris,

To be honest, I have never ever heard of security issues with curl_multi_init . Anyway, curl_multi_init is exactly the same as curl_init just that it allows you to perform multiple simultaneous requests to avoid time outs. Can you check with them what sort of security issues are they referring to? We have tons of customers using EasyBlog / EasySocial which heavily relies on curl_multi_init and there hasn't been any web hosting company that disables this function.
Mark
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Friday, 31 October 2014 23:39
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