title: php 5.6.17 has no php.ini
body: <p>I'm trying to install composer to get laravel working. 
  Composer gave me the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Some settings on your machine make Composer unable to work properly.
    Make sure that you fix the issues listed below and run this script
    again:</p>
    
    <p>The openssl extension is missing, which means that secure HTTPS
    transfers are impossible. If possible you should enable it or
    recompile php with --with-openssl</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>According to this post I need to uncomment the openssl extension. 
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22763452/composer-not-install-in-windows-7">composer not install in windows 7</a></p>
  
  <p>The problem is I don't have a php.ini file in my php directory. There is a php.ini-development and php.ini-production. Do I just rename one of them to php.ini?</p>
  
  <p>This post is in regards to XAMPP, it says that the php.ini file needs to  be edited and not the php.ini-development or php.ini.production.
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6880749/php-ini-production-vs-development">Php.ini production vs development</a></p>
  
  <p>I downloaded the non-thread safe php x86 from here
  <a href="http://windows.php.net/download/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://windows.php.net/download/</a></p>
  
  <p>Cheers</p>