Curl on Windows 2003 server

Hello,

I'm new to zen cart and successfully installed it last week. I just got a Cardservice International account so I can process credit cards - and found out that CURL was needed.

I've followed some tutorials on the net, here's what one place recommended - and seemed to be the best advice I can find:

Windows:
Once PHP is installed, you will need to
copy the files php4ts.dll, ssleay32.dll, php_curl.dll, msvcrt.dll from the
'DLLs' folder to your Windows PATH, i.e.:
c:\windows\system for Windows 9x/Me
c:\winnt\system32 for Windows NT/2000
c:\windows\system32 for Windows XP
cURL can then be enabled by uncommenting the line 'extension=php_curl.dll'

It's simple enough, but when I uncomment the php_curl.dll in the extensions of the PHP.ini - my page simply doesn't load. It times out and I can't access my page. So I don't have a choice but to keep it commented.

Anyone have any idea why?

If you get a blank page as a result of uncommenting the line for that extension, then PHP is unable to load the required files related to that extension.

You'll need to be putting the curl extension files in your php extensions folder. Just putting them in your windows folder is likely not sufficient.

The forum at https://www.webhostingtalk.com discusses server-configuration issues for folks running webservers. You might find some specific assistance there as it relates to W2K3 servers.

If this is a development server, you may find it acceptable to wait until you move to a live hosted server and let your server administrator handle CURL configuration for you.