OpenSSL certificate errors while connecting online

[mjahkoh]

 OpenSSL Error messages
1 week and still cant download composer.
the error generated is  

Connection Error [ERR_CONNECTION]: Unable to connect to getcomposer.org

Request to https://getcomposer.org/installer failed with errors:
SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed. Failed

to enable crypto. Failed to open stream: operation failed



OS = Windows 7 using XAMPP.

My php.ini has
openssl.cafile=C:\xampp\php\openssl\cert.pem


from the command line => $ php -r "print_r(openssl_get_cert_locations());" the reply is

Array

(
    
[default_cert_file] => f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86/cert.pem
    
[default_cert_file_env] => SSL_CERT_FILE
    
[default_cert_dir] => f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86/certs
    
[default_cert_dir_env] => SSL_CERT_DIR
    
[default_private_dir] => f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86/private
    

[default_default_cert_area] => f:\repo\winlibs_openssl_vc11_x86
    
[ini_cafile] => C:\xampp\cert.pem
    
[ini_capath] =>

)

 
their isnt f: drive
 
where do i go from here. Please help

[scootstah]

Re-install OpenSSL, and figure out where the cert.pem goes on Windows. On Linux it should be /usr/local/etc/openssl/cert.pem.

 

Update openssl.cafile ini setting with the path.