Fatal error: 'openssl/ssl.h' file not found on macos

I have just looked up the location of openssl:

command: which openssl

output: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/openssl

To confirm that i do have openssl installed through brew as well

command: brew list | grep openssl
output: openssl@3

So could it be that openssl in XAMPP is interfering with the installation?