If you've ever wondered how you can check if your server supports Curl and you are not very technical or you are new to website management, here is a "Cheats" guide to do it very easily, quickly & WITHOUT ANY TECHNICAL ABILITY OR KNOWLEDGE!!

It's really simple:

1./ Ceate a new article

2./ Copy & paste the following code into the new article:

Tip: Use the "copy to clipboard" function that will appear on the top-right corner of the box below, in order to keep the code clean...

<?php
function _iscurlsupported(){
if (in_array ('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) {
return true;
}
else{
return false;
}
}
if (_iscurlsupported()) echo "cURL is supported"; else echo "cURL is NOT supported";

?>

Note: If you are using this php code within a Joomla website you will also need a tool to allow you to insert (PHP) code into Joomla articles - For Joomla sites I can highly recommend the popular free  "Sourcerer" by Peter van Westen (plugin). You can download it for free via our BIS Downloads Directory.   

3./ Give the "Article" a name & assign it to a category
(TIP: I'd also advise that you make it only visible to super administrators & also give it "NO FOLLOW NO INDEX" attributes so that it isn't ever indexed by search-engines.....)

4./ Press "Save"

5./ Go to the front end of your site & view the article you just created, & you will see your answer!