PHP is unable to load CURL module on a local machine

Question

I have these installations:

Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) - Apache Lounge VS17 Server build (Strangely it logs VS17 in the error log when I shut down the server, but the installation file name reads as vs16)

PHP/8.3.6 as an Apache module Windows 11 machine.

httpd.conf:

LoadModule php_module "d:/Program Files/php-8.3.6-Win32-vs16-x64/php8apache2_4.dll"

PHPIniDir "D:/Program Files/php-8.3.6-Win32-vs16-x64"

php.ini:

extension_dir = "D:/Program Files/php-8.3.6-Win32-vs16-x64/ext"

I tried all these three, none of them has worked:

extension=curl

extension= php_curl.dll

extension="D:\Program Files\php-8.3.6-Win32-vs16-x64\ext\curl\php_curl.dll"

When I start the server, I get an error log like this:

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library curl (tried: D:/Program Files/php-8.3.6-Win32-vs16-x64/ext\curl (The specified module could not be found), D:/Program Files/php-8.3.6-Win32-vs16-x64/ext\php_curl.dll (The specified module could not be found)) in Unknown on line 0

[Wed May 08 12:30:20.591092 2024] [mpm_winnt:notice] [pid 34228:tid 408] AH00354: Child: Starting 64 worker threads.

What am I supposed to do to make the curl load correctly?