在php.ini WAMP中取消注释后，cURL无效

Question

So I tried to make a cURL function get an image from an external link... It, of course, din't work, because php_curl wasn't enabled in WAMP - PHP - PHP extensions. After enabling it - no changes whatsoever. I checked Stack for solution, and I found the most simple way to check if cURL works:

<?php  
if(function_exists('curl_exec')){
    echo "Works!";
} else {
    echo "No luck!";
}
?>

Although, guess what it echoed...

I have checked the php.ini file for, so to say, "corruption", but the extension was uncommented. The internet says that it is as simple, as checking the php_curl in WAMP, because cURL comes with WAMP installation.

Answer 1

file_get_contents() can send GET request and store response content in a variable.

It acts similar to Linux wget.

Then you can save response to file like:

<?php

// Get response from server (image)
$response = file_get_contents('http://s.ytimg.com/yts/img/image-hh-404-vflxxCpNv.png');

// Open file handler for writing 
$f = fopen('file.png', 'w');

// Write response to file   
fwrite($f, response);

// Close file handler 
fclose($f);

?>

Image from http://s.ytimg.com/yts/img/image-hh-404-vflxxCpNv.png would be stored to file.png file.