Error from Composer: "you must enable openssl extension"

Question

I use XAMPP server and I use php version 8.0.0

I tried to create a Laravel project and this error appeared:

In ComposerRepository.php line 1155:

You must enable the openssl extension in your php.ini to load information from https://repo.packagist.org

So please enable openssl in your environment. (and restart the service) — Ken Lee, Jul 16 '23 at 07:33
Did you edit the correct (CLI) php.ini? Did you check that it is in fact enabled? `php -m` — brombeer, Jul 16 '23 at 07:41
See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/478844/how-do-i-see-the-extensions-loaded-by-php — Christoph, Jul 16 '23 at 08:10
how can i know it it correct php.ini or not because i edit the php.ini from the apache server configuration — abedollah, Jul 16 '23 at 08:12
`php -i` will show you `phpinfo()` information on your terminal. There's a "_Configuration File (php.ini) Path_" and a "_Loaded Configuration File_" somewhere at the top — brombeer, Jul 16 '23 at 08:29

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '23 at 08:08

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For solving this error, you must open php.ini and remove the semicolon to:

;extension=php_openssl.dll

If you don't have that line inside php.ini, check you have the file ( C:\xampp\php\ext) and add this to php.ini in the "Dynamic Extensions" section:

extension=php_openssl.dll

answered Jul 16 '23 at 08:08

Ariful Islam

in the C:\xampp\php\ext file and don't have php.ini – abedollah Jul 16 '23 at 08:14
you php.ini is located inside C:\xampp\php; You should check php_openssl.dll is available inside C:\xampp\php\ext or not If that not available then install it manually – Ariful Islam Jul 16 '23 at 08:40

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