I’m encountering an issue when trying to use the MongoDB extension in PHP.

I used the following command to install the MongoDB PHP library:

composer require mongodb/mongodb

However, I’m getting the following error:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mongodb' (tried: C:xamppphpextmongodb (The specified module cannot be found), C:xamppphpextphp_mongodb.dll (The specified module cannot be found)) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mongodb' (tried: C:xamppphpextmongodb (The specified module cannot be found), C:xamppphpextphp_mongodb.dll (The specified module cannot be found)) in Unknown on line 0
Cannot use mongodb/mongodb's latest version 1.19.1 as it requires ext-mongodb ^1.18.0 which is missing from your platform.

The error indicates that the ext-mongodb extension is missing, but I have already taken the following steps:

Downloaded the PECL extension:
php_mongodb-1.19.3-8.2-ts-vs16-x64.zip

Extracted the php_mongodb.dll file and moved it to:
C:xamppphpext

Added the following line to my php.ini file:
extension=mongodb

I also tried:
extension=php_mongodb.dll
extension=”C:/xampp/php/ext/mongodb”

Restarted Apache, but I still encounter the same error.

Additional Information:
Output of php -i:

PHP Version => 8.2.12
Thread Safety => enabled
Architecture => x64

Expected Result:
Successfully load the MongoDB extension so that I can use the MongoDB library in my PHP project.

Actual Result:
The following error persists:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mongodb' (tried: C:xamppphpextmongodb (The specified module cannot be found), C:xamppphpextphp_mongodb.dll (The specified module cannot be found)) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mongodb' (tried: C:xamppphpextmongodb (The specified module cannot be found), C:xamppphpextphp_mongodb.dll (The specified module cannot be found)) in Unknown on line 0

What am I doing wrong, and how can I resolve this issue?