[SOLVED] Call to undefined function App\Http\Controllers\curl_init() laravel 5.6

Issue

I get following error when I try to use curl_init('some_url') in a controller:

Call to undefined function App\Http\Controllers\curl_init()

but when I use php artisan tinker and try to use curl_init('some_url') it works fine and I get no error.

More Info:

when I type following command in terminal

php -i | grep curl

I get:

/etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/20-curl.ini,
curl

as answered in this link I tried reinstalling curl with:

sudo apt-get install php-curl

and I restarted apache with

sudo service apache2 restart

but I still get mentioned error when trying to use curl_init() in a controller. How can I fix this error?

Solution

its a namespace issue, you're trying to call curl_init from the App\Http\Controllers namespace. to call it from the global namespace, do $ch= \curl_init(); , notice the \ there. for namespace documentation, check http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php

Answered By - hanshenrik

Answer Checked By - Pedro (WPSolving Volunteer)