PHP error when creating a new symfony project using composer

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My problem is when I create a new Symfony 3.4 project with Composer.

I will enter the following command:

composer create-project symfony/website-skeleton projectName

When composer begins to create the project it will give me the following warnings:

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_openssl' (tried: C:\php\ext\php_openssl (The specified module could not be found. ), C:\php\ext\php_php_openssl.dll (The specified module could not be found. )) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'php_openssl' (tried: C:\php\ext\php_openssl (The specified module could not be found. ), C:\php\ext\php_php_openssl.dll (The specified module could not be found. )) in Unknown on line 0

[Composer\Exception\NoSslException] The openssl extension is required for SSL/TLS protection but is not available. If you can not enable the openssl extension, you can disable this error, at your own risk, by setting the 'disable-tls' option to true.

From my understanding, SSL is encryption for websites. At a judgment, I think the problem is composer cannot download Symfony securely.By telling me to try disabling TLS I think means trying to download Symfony insecurely since TLS is another form of encryption.

I have never had this problem with Composer before, I can not think of anything I have changed for this problem to occur.

If anyone has come across this problem or knows of any solutions that would be greatly appreciated because I cannot work on existing projects because of this.

EDIT: The file path it is looking down is incorrect, it should check down "C:\wamp\bin\php\php7.2.1\ext" and not "C:\php\ext\" as this file path does not exist. I am unsure how to adjust this.

You need to enable the PHP openssl extension. How this is done depends on your local server. — Philippe-B-
– Philippe-B-, Commented Apr 15, 2018 at 15:24
Possible duplicate of How to enable PHP's openssl extension to install Composer? — EmilCataranciuc
– EmilCataranciuc, Commented Apr 15, 2018 at 21:56
Apologies, I have read through the thread but my problem is slightly different I have made a further comment on the solution. @Emil — StevenG1
– StevenG1, Commented Apr 16, 2018 at 17:58

Sir Kane · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-15 16:27:44Z

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Go to that location and edit the file named: php.ini
Uncomment the line extension=php_openssl.dll by removing the semicolon at the beginning.
Restart your server

answered Apr 15, 2018 at 16:27

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StevenG1 Over a year ago

I seem to be having trouble with changing the file path it is searching down. The file path "C:\php\ext\php_php_openssl.dll" is incorrect. I found the actual path but I do not know how to edit the file path.

Sir Kane Over a year ago

So what is the real path of your php_openssl.dll file? @StevenG1

EmilCataranciuc · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-16 19:25:22Z

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Locate your php.ini and adjust extension_dir according to your needs. You can find more info here.

answered Apr 16, 2018 at 19:25

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