Title: php cURL or wp http api
Last modified: October 17, 2023

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# php cURL or wp http api

 *  [Preexist Kudos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/camaran/)
 * (@camaran)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-curl-or-wp-http-api/)
 * Hi in my plugin can i user php curl or i must use only wp http api (wp_remote_*)

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 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-curl-or-wp-http-api/#post-17129337)
 * It is better to use higher level API ( WordPress HTTP API )
   which can support
   more low level transports than cURL, i.e. fsockopen, when curl PHP extension 
   is not available.

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## Tags

 * [curl](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/curl/)
 * [HTTP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/http/)

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-curl-or-wp-http-api/#post-17129337)
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