To install the pecl_http PHP extension on Ubuntu 10.04 follow the instructions below:
- Install the required packages:
# sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
- Install pecl_http:
# sudo pecl install pecl_http
- Create file /etc/php5/conf.d/http.ini with the following content:
extension=http.so
- Restart Apache2:
# sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
After restarting the Apache2 web server a “http” section should be included in the phpinfo() output.