enabling PHP curl_exec

[ultrageek]

I noticed that the PHP curl_exec() functions are disabled on my linux site.
1. Can I enable this through cpanel?
2. If not, can the support folks turn it on?
3. Can anyone tell me the severity of the risks when enabling it?

I am looking for the ability to POST data to my site without building a form in PHP. This requires curl_exec to be enabled.

Thanks.
Ultrageek

[John_Accuwebhosting]

Re: enabling PHP curl_exec

No, you can not enable curl_exec() from cPanel. Please be informed that we have disabled curl_exec() function on our shared server due to security reasons and we can not enable it.

Curl_exec() allows anyone to remotely fetch data from other remote web server and also
download & upload files from remote servers.

[claydcousta]

Re: enabling PHP curl_exec

Actually i did it by un commenting the extension=php_curl.dllin the xampp\apache\bin\php.ini file.. Thanks for all who supports this Question.