PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl'

[itechsoft14]

The cURL is not working in new XAMPP 8.5.12 / PHP 8.5.12.

Apache error logs: "PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl'"

[owmsoton]

more log information regarding the curl error in my test environment

[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.017049 2026] [ssl:warn] [pid 31288:tid 380] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.051066 2026] [ssl:warn] [pid 31288:tid 380] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl' (tried: C:\\xampp\\php\\ext\\curl (N\xc3\xa3o foi poss\xc3\xadvel encontrar o m\xc3\xb3dulo especificado), C:\\xampp\\php\\ext\\php_curl.dll (N\xc3\xa3o foi poss\xc3\xadvel encontrar o m\xc3\xb3dulo especificado)) in Unknown on line 0
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.082982 2026] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31288:tid 380] AH00455: Apache/2.4.65 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.5.1 PHP/8.5.12 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.082982 2026] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31288:tid 380] AH00456: Apache Lounge VS17 Server built: Jul 24 2025 14:32:29
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.082982 2026] [core:notice] [pid 31288:tid 380] AH00094: Command line: 'c:\\xampp\\apache\\bin\\httpd.exe -d C:/xampp/apache'
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.094550 2026] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 31288:tid 380] AH00418: Parent: Created child process 8012
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.385528 2026] [ssl:warn] [pid 8012:tid 380] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.422626 2026] [ssl:warn] [pid 8012:tid 380] AH01909: www.example.com:443:0 server certificate does NOT include an ID which matches the server name
PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'curl' (tried: C:\\xampp\\php\\ext\\curl (N\xc3\xa3o foi poss\xc3\xadvel encontrar o m\xc3\xb3dulo especificado), C:\\xampp\\php\\ext\\php_curl.dll (N\xc3\xa3o foi poss\xc3\xadvel encontrar o m\xc3\xb3dulo especificado)) in Unknown on line 0
[Mon Oct 26 09:24:07.452205 2026] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 8012:tid 380] AH00354: Child: Starting 150 worker threads.

[juamedgod]

Could you try copying c:\xampp\php\brotlidec.dll into c:\xampp\apache\bin and restarting the server?

[owmsoton]

this worked for me