I’m trying to use the Mailgun-PHP API in my Google App Engine project, but I’m running into some issues. When I try to run my code, I get this error:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Guzzle\Common\Exception\RuntimeException' with message 'The PHP cURL extension must be installed to use Guzzle.'
It looks like the problem is related to the cURL extension. Does anyone know how to set up cURL on Google App Engine? I’m not sure if it’s already included or if I need to install it somehow.
I’ve looked through the GAE documentation, but I couldn’t find any clear instructions on this. Any help or advice would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance!
hey, i had similar issue. GAE doesn’t support cURL natively. you gotta use Guzzle’s stream adapter instead. change ur Mailgun client config to use ‘stream’ instead of ‘curl’. should work then. good luck!
I’ve dealt with this exact problem before. Google App Engine indeed doesn’t support cURL out of the box. However, there’s a workaround using the Google Cloud Storage client library. You’ll need to modify your composer.json to include “google/cloud-storage”: “^1.23”. Then, in your code, use the GuzzleHttp\Client with the ‘stream_context’ option set to use the Google App Engine stream wrapper. This allows you to make HTTP requests without relying on cURL. It’s a bit more setup, but it works reliably in the GAE environment. Let me know if you need more specific code examples.
I’ve encountered this issue before while working on a GAE project. One solution that worked for me was using the Google Cloud Client Library for PHP instead of Mailgun’s SDK. It’s designed to work seamlessly with GAE and doesn’t rely on cURL.
First, add ‘google/cloud-pubsub’: ‘^1.33’ to your composer.json. Then, use the PubSub client to send emails through Google Cloud Pub/Sub. You’ll need to set up a Pub/Sub topic and configure a push subscription to Mailgun’s API.
This approach might seem more complex initially, but it’s more robust for GAE environments. It also gives you better scalability and reliability in the long run. Just make sure to properly handle authentication and error cases in your code.
If you need help with the implementation, I can provide some code snippets to get you started.