Manual:cURL

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cURL, or Client URL, is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols. Some MediaWiki extensions and bots use it to obtain data from websites. If you get a "Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init()" then you should use sudo apt-get install php5-curl to install cURL.

External link

https://secure.php.net/curl