I believe wamp uses a second php.ini file for apache. I do not have wamp installed now, so I cannot remember the location.

I would recommend to look into Vagrant and then Vaprobash. This way you will be able to follow tutorials, that are for linux.

from your php.ini uncomment following line

extension=php_openssl.dll

and +1 for vagrant and vaprobash

It showed that there where a few more extenstions that were missing. Found out by Googling a little: http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Laravel-Framework-in-Windows

(Still not sure how vagrant/vaprobash was supposed to help me..)

Thanks for your engagement!

WAMP does have two php.ini files. What you are likely running into, is from using the CLI. Using PHP CLI in WAMP, you have to edit c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.x.x\php.ini. That is not the same file that you edit using the system tray menu. Uncomment the extension in that file, and you should be good to go. Source: Had a similar issue in the past with openssl and a zip extension.

If you are still having and issue, make sure that php.exe is not a running process in task explorer.

If you still want to use a dev package like wamp, I would recommend xampp. (You already have git and composer, I'll skip this part)

• Install XAMPP
• Set password for mysql (http://localhost/security/index.php)
• Browse xampp\htdocs, open a command line (right-click, "Git Bash" or "Use Composer Here")

composer create-project laravel/laravel myproject --prefer-dist

• Browse xampp\htdcos\myproject, open a command line

composer install

• Edit apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf, add a virtual host for myproject.dev

NameVirtualHost *:80

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot C:/xampp/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>

# Your virtual host for myproject.dev starts here:
# Note document root pointed to public folder

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/myproject/public" 
    ServerName myproject.dev
    ErrorLog "logs/myproject.dev-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/dev-myproject.dev-access.log" common
</VirtualHost>

• Edit your hosts file, windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts:

127.0.0.1 myproject.dev

• Open myproject.dev in your web browser
• "You have arrived"

That's it.

Follow this link http://laravel.io/forum/12-15-2014-introduce-laragon-the-easiest-software-to-simplify-laravel-installation-and-development-for-windows-users?page=2

I made a post https://innopy.wordpress.com/2015/02/07/laravel-windows/

Hope it help for ones use Windows for PHP Dev.

Easy Laravel 5 installation https://laracast.blogspot.com/2016/06/how-to-install-laravel-framework.html

Install Laravel Guide http://8subjects.com/laravel-install/
Simple steps to do. Try once!