Windows : Fixing PHP cURL extension not working when enabled

The other day I wanted to install a WordPress plugin on a website hosted on my Windows local development machine. Still, the plugin complained that it needs the cURL extension enabled on the php.ini
configuration file. This seemed like an easy problem to solve, but after modifying the php.ini
file, I was still getting the "curl not found" error. This article will show two different ways to make the cURL extension work on the Windows system.