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How to fix "SSL certificate problem" using curl on Windows
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How to fix SSL certificate problem using curl on Windows

Confirm the issue

You can confir the issue checking the curl error $error = curl_error($curl) SHould say somathing like: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

1. Download the lasted cacert.pem

you can download the file here

2. Fast test

To test it, configure the curl to use those certificates. Add this configuration curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CAINFO, 'your/absolute/favorite/path/cacert.pem');

With it, the ssl issue should e fixed.

3. Config it globally

If you want, you can set a default value for CAINFO. TO do that, open your php.ini file, find the configuration curl.cainfo and uncomment and set the absolute path of you .pem file.

A good place to this file is inside the php folder, together to php.ini

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