Hi
I have been struggling with this for two days now !!!
And here is what the problem on my machine was:
In httpd.conf (in the conf folder of my Apache installation), the path to php.ini was incomplete, so i corrected it like so:
PHPIniDir "C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\"
AND it miraculously worked !! (it is NOT to be believed :D had started thinkin this thing AINT made to be workin at all!!)
lol