Can't get http to work in php

Question

I keep getting this error:

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib64/php/modules/http.so' - /usr/lib64/php/modules/http.so: undefined symbol: php_persistent_handle_abandon in Unknown on line 0

PHP Fatal error: Class 'HttpResponse' not found in /var/www/api/init.php on line 4

I've reinstalled http through pecl a few times, even tried installing it from the tar.gz. I'm running an EC2 instance.

I HAVE put extension=http.so in my php.ini.

Tropopause

How did you install php? I often see this with multiple php installs with inconsistent module locations. – Encyst

I installed php using yum. I have php 5.3. I just tried downgrading to pecl http 1.6.7, which worked, but now I can't find http.so – Tropopause

Did you install pecl via yum as well? – Encyst

possible duplicate of pecl_http faild to load – Striate

Answer 1

You probably got version 2 of pecl_http, and it has some new requirements. See the installation instructions. For me these lines worked:

extension=raphf.so
extension=propro.so
extension=http.so

Edit: Order matters, so first try the same order as I used.

I also made sure http.so is loaded after json.so and the other prerequisites.

Byrdie

Make sure that this is the exact order when you list in php.ini – Othelia

Answer 2

I installed pecl_http successfully with following steps on Debian

1. execute sudo pecl install raphf propro pecl_http
2. create /etc/php5/mods-available/zhttp.ini extension=raphf.so extension=propro.so extension=http.so
3. execute sudo php5enmod zhttp
4. restart your web server

Radicand

Running php -r 'http_post_data();' still gives me Call to undefined function http_post_data() – Olein

Answer 3

As mine was using /etc/php/conf.d/ for the additional .ini files I just prefixed them with numbers

mv raphf.ini 1raphf.ini
mv propro.ini 2propro.ini
mv http.ini 3http.ini


# php --ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc/php
Loaded Configuration File:         /etc/php/php.ini
Scan for additional .ini files in: /etc/php/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed:      /etc/php/conf.d/1raphf.ini,
/etc/php/conf.d/2propro.ini,
/etc/php/conf.d/3http.ini,
/etc/php/conf.d/imagick.ini

Compressed

actually http.ini should really load at the very end of all other extensions. I renamed it to zzzhttp.ini instead and it solved another issue I had. – Eozoic

oh man!, thanks a lot. This worked. Wasted hours and hours.. sigh – Lyonnais

Answer 4

This solution have worked for me on php7.2-fpm

<?php
$db_host = "localhost";
$db_user = "xxxx";
$db_pass = "xxxx";
$connect = mysqli_connect($db_host,$db_user,$db_pass);
$db_name = "xxxx";

$db_select = mysqli_select_db($connect, $db_name);

// Empty table
$query = "TRUNCATE TABLE xtabletotruncatex";
mysqli_query($connect, $query);
?>

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