WAMP openssl module will not start

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I have WAMPServer 3.1.8 installed with PHP 7.3.4. I am trying to convert my current site (using PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.3.4).

I am using CodeIgniter on my current site, and after downloading and installing the WAMP PHP extension for 7.3.4 I get the following message:

An Error Was Encountered Encryption: Unable to find an available encryption driver.

This error is due to the fact that the openssl driver is not installed (since it searches for mcrypt or openssl, and mcrypt is not in php 7.3 anymore).

So I go to my php.ini file, change the extension_dir to :

extension_dir = "ext"

and uncomment the line with openssl:

extension=openssl

I then restart all services in WAMP, after reloading the page (and showing phpinfo();) it still shows me (under the Phar part):

OpenSSL support disabled (install ext/openssl)

If i do the exact same steps but change PHP to 7.0.4, it works with openssl enabled.

Why is this not working for PHP 7.3.4 ?

multiple php.ini files? Just throwing something out there but I know Mamp has it, not sure about Wamp... — Liam roels, Apr 23 '19 at 12:53
I can only see one .ini file in D:\wamp\bin\php\php7.3.4\php.ini — Dennis, Apr 23 '19 at 13:02
can this help? https://stackoverflow.com/a/22771081/11118128 just trying to help you find a solution — Liam roels, Apr 23 '19 at 13:17
Thanks for the repsonse! Unfortunately i already tried that solution to no avail — Dennis, Apr 23 '19 at 14:44

WAMP openssl module will not start

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