title: Installing librdkafka on Windows for PHP XAMPP
body: <p>Please help me to install librdkafka on windows xampp for php development.</p>
  
  <p>PHP : 7.1.12, x86, Thread Safe, MSVC14</p>
  
  <p>I downloaded compatible package from <a href="https://pecl.php.net/package/rdkafka/3.0.5/windows" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pecl.php.net/package/rdkafka/3.0.5/windows</a></p>
  
  <p>Copied <code>php_rdkafka.dll</code> to <code>ext</code> folder of my php xampp and <code>librdkafka.dll</code> to <code>System32</code> folder (also to <code>ext</code> folder).</p>
  
  <p>But the extension is not working. I am getting following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library
    'C:\xampp\php\ext\php_rdkafka.dll' - The specified module could not be
    found. in Unknown on line 0</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I suspect that <code>librdkafka</code> is not properly installed.</p>