I have ext-fileinfo but Composer says it is missing

Question

I\'m trying to install Laravel package Intervention Image and when I run composer update:

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Answer 1

For me it was different using php 7.4.x and Windows 10.

I checked which php.ini file is used by PHP in CLI mode with php --ini.

It showed C:\php7\php.ini - where I previously unzipped PHP (and also pointed Composer there).

Then I needed to uncomment extension=fileinfo in that file.