Unable to create Laravel project after downloading composer and xampp [duplicate] - php

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So, I am on Windows 10 and I installed the latest version of Xampp.
Then installed Composer.
Then I opened up command prompt in htdocs folder of my xampp and ran the following command:
composer create-project laravel/laravel myfirstapp
And I get the following error:
Creating a "laravel/laravel" project at "./myfirstapp2"
Info from https://repo.packagist.org: #StandWithUkraine
Installing laravel/laravel (v9.5.0)
Failed to download laravel/laravel from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.
The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
Now trying to download from source
- Syncing laravel/laravel (v9.5.0) into cache
- Installing laravel/laravel (v9.5.0): Cloning 091aa7d882 from cache
Created project in C:\xampp\htdocs\myfirstapp2
> #php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
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Writing lock file
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Failed to download doctrine/inflector from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.
The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
Now trying to download from source
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Now trying to download from source
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The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
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The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
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Failed to download guzzlehttp/promises from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.
The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
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- Syncing guzzlehttp/promises (1.5.2) into cache
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The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
Now trying to download from source
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The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
Now trying to download from source
- Syncing laravel/pint (v1.4.0) into cache
Failed to download voku/portable-ascii from dist: The zip extension and unzip/7z commands are both missing, skipping.
The php.ini used by your command-line PHP is: C:\xampp\php\php.ini
Now trying to download from source
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And it keeps trying to sync everything that has failed to download in a never ending cycle.
What I understand is extensions are missing from php.ini? I can find only the sqlite extension in my php.ini file.
How can I resolve this? Should I edit my php.ini file and add extensions? Which extensions to add for laravel 9 and php 8.2?

Answer 1

As stated here: https://www.php.net/manual/en/zip.installation.php#zip.installation.new.windows
As of PHP 8.2.0, php_zip.dll DLL must be enabled in php.ini. Previously, this extension was built-in.
You will need to manually enable this extension within your php.ini.