PHP - SSL certificate error: unable to get local issuer certificate

Question

I\'m running PHP Version 5.6.3 as part of XAMPP on Windows 7.

When I try to use the Mandrill API, I\'m getting the following error:

Uncaught e

Answer 1

The above steps, though helpful, didnt work for me on Windows 8. I don't know the co-relation, but the below steps worked. Basically a change in the cacert.pem file. Hope this helps someone.

• Download cacert.pem file from here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html
• Save the file in your PHP installation folder. (eg: If using xampp – save it in c:\Installation_Dir\xampp\php\cacert.pem).
• Open your php.ini file and add these lines:
• curl.cainfo=”C:\Installation_Dir\xampp\php\cacert.pem” openssl.cafile=”C:\Installation_Dir\xampp\php\cacert.pem”
• Restart your Apache server and that should fix it (Simply stop and start the services as needed).