Quite often I forget the requirements of the php_http / pecl_http extension which is required for some network actions. Here is how to install most of what’s required.
apt-get install libcurl3 php5-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libmagic-dev pecl install pecl_http
Then edit the two php.ini files
nano -w /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini nano -w /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
to include the line
extension=http.so
Then restart Apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Phil Mellor - PHP Developer 
Leave a comment