PHP extensions not loading - can't install Composer (Windows 10)

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Hi All,

Thanks for reading - primarily a front end dev, but am starting to dabble in a little PHP at work so thought I'd get myself set up with a local environment at home. Have downloaded and installed PHP 7.1.7, and if I run
Code:
php -v
in Git Bash, it shows:
Code:
PHP 7.1.7 (cli) (built: Jul  6 2017 16:51:33) ( NTS MSVC14 (Visual C++ 2015) x64
 )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.1.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies

PHP.ini has been modified like so to enable extensions:

Code:
extension=php_bz2.dll
extension=php_curl.dll
;extension=php_fileinfo.dll
extension=php_ftp.dll
extension=php_gd2.dll
;extension=php_gettext.dll
;extension=php_gmp.dll
;extension=php_intl.dll
extension=php_imap.dll
;extension=php_interbase.dll
extension=php_ldap.dll
extension=php_mbstring.dll
extension=php_exif.dll      ; Must be after mbstring as it depends on it
extension=php_mysqli.dll
;extension=php_oci8_12c.dll  ; Use with Oracle Database 12c Instant Client
extension=php_openssl.dll
;extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll
extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
;extension=php_pdo_oci.dll
extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll
;extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll
;extension=php_pgsql.dll
;extension=php_shmop.dll

; The MIBS data available in the PHP distribution must be installed.
; See http://www.php.net/manual/en/snmp.installation.php
;extension=php_snmp.dll

;extension=php_soap.dll
extension=php_sockets.dll
extension=php_sqlite3.dll
;extension=php_tidy.dll
;extension=php_xmlrpc.dll
;extension=php_xsl.dll

The PHP path is correct, the extension .dll files are in my C:/php/ext folder, but I get this error when I try to install composer - both via the ComposerSetup.exe and by CLI through Git Bash:

Code:
The openssl extension is missing from the PHP version you specified. This means that secure HTTPS transfers are not possible.

The recommended option is to enable the extension in your php.ini, then click Back and try again.

What on earth is going on - why can't it find my modules?
 
Sorted - thanks Planty!

Will deffo look into caching when the time comes, but for now I'm just messing around building some little personal projects running locally.

Again, thanks all for your help :).
 
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