I'm trying to setup Apache MariaDB PHP manually but I'm running into some issues with the openssl feature. Here are the steps I took to setup Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4.4:

I. Apache httpd Installation and configuration

1. Download and Extract httpd-2.4.43-win64-VS16.zip from apachelounge to "D:\Programs-64Bit\Apache24"
2. Set ServerRoot in httpd.conf with full path
3. Set ServerName to localhost:80
4. Define WWWROOT with desired DocumentRoot path in httpd.conf (i.e. Define WWWROOT "E:/Programs/WWW")
5. Set DocumentRoot and <Directory> values to "${WWWROOT}"

II. Combining PHP with apache

1. Download and Extract Thread Safe php-7.4.4-Win32-vc15-x64.zip to "D:\Programs-64Bit\PHP\PHP7.4.4-64Bit"
2. Add the following lines at the end of httpd.conf:

Define PHPROOT "D:/Programs-64Bit/PHP/PHP7.4.4-64Bit"
LoadModule php7_module "${PHPROOT}/php7apache2_4.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
PHPIniDir "${PHPROOT}"

LoadFile "${PHPROOT}/libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll"
LoadFile "${PHPROOT}/libssl-1_1-x64.dll"
LoadFile "${PHPROOT}/libssh2.dll"
LoadFile "${PHPROOT}/nghttp2.dll"
LoadFile "${PHPROOT}/php7ts.dll"

3. Copy and rename php.ini-development to the same php root directory as php.ini
4. set extension_dir and enable every single extension except oci8_12c, pdo_firebird, pdo_oci and snmp

III. Testing PHP with Apache

1. Create a php file (index.php) with the following code:

<?php 
     phpinfo();
?>

2. run httpd.exe

This is what it tells me about openssl:

according to "OpenSSL support disabled in Apache/PHP on Windows" on StackOverflow and the last comment in the php.net page "PHP Manual > Function Reference > Cryptography Extensions > OpenSSL > Installing/Configuring" it should be working. what am I doing wrong?