See php.net/manual/en/function.curl-version.php $version = curl_version(); $ssl_supported= ($version'features' & CURL_VERSION_SSL) In $version'features' you have a features bitmask. Through an and operation between this bitmask and the proper constant you can check if a feture is enabled Possible constants are: CURL_VERSION_IPV6 (integer) CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS4 (integer) CURL_VERSION_SSL (integer) CURL_VERSION_LIBZ (integer).
See php.net/manual/en/function.curl-version.php $version = curl_version(); $ssl_supported= ($version'features' & CURL_VERSION_SSL); In $version'features' you have a features bitmask. Through an and operation between this bitmask and the proper constant you can check if a feture is enabled. Possible constants are: CURL_VERSION_IPV6 (integer) CURL_VERSION_KERBEROS4 (integer) CURL_VERSION_SSL (integer) CURL_VERSION_LIBZ (integer).
Check the output of stream_get_wrappers() if https is in the list you're good to go.
AFAIK cURL doesn't have a way to check if SSL is enabled or disabled, testing it and catching would let you know for sure. You could try testing this, to see if it works. (I don't have a server without SSL to test on..).
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