Title: cURL error 3 malformed error
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# cURL error 3 malformed error

 *  Resolved [stijnjanmaat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stijnjanmaat/)
 * (@stijnjanmaat)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-3-malformed-error/)
 * Now WP 4.6 is out, this issue is popping up:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-9?replies=7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-9?replies=7)
 * The fix suggested by scvwebfire works. Shouldn’t this already be fixed in Wordfence
   as the comment WFMattR says?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  Thread Starter [stijnjanmaat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stijnjanmaat/)
 * (@stijnjanmaat)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-3-malformed-error/#post-7673645)
 * Wait, maybe it is not a Wordfence error after all. Disabling the plugin still
   makes it break.
    But commenting out the line like scvwebfire says still works…
   Any thoughts?
 *  Thread Starter [stijnjanmaat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stijnjanmaat/)
 * (@stijnjanmaat)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-3-malformed-error/#post-7673659)
 * Found it, I used a malformed url after all… It did work with earlier versions
   of WP, but the new WP doesn’t allow `//` in an URL.
 *  [wfasa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfasa/)
 * (@wfasa)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-3-malformed-error/#post-7673914)
 * Alright stijnjanmaat, thanks for sharing your solution!
 *  [madrook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madrook/)
 * (@madrook)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-3-malformed-error/#post-8636096)
 * I’m getting this error when I check the Encrypt box:
 *  Call to undefined function mcrypt_encrypt() in /var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/
   wp-mail-smtp-mailer/encryption.class.php on line 17
 * Email function works fine if I do NOT check the box. Any ideas?
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [madrook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madrook/).

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-3-malformed-error/#post-8636096)
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