Amazon S3 on wamp localhost SSL error

Question

I\'m trying to test in PHP Amazon S3 on my localhost but keep getting the same error:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception \'cURL_Exception\' with message \'cU

Answer 1

1. Get this file and save it to your hard drive. Call it cacert.pem.
2. Configure curl.cainfo in php.ini with the full path to the file downloaded in step 1.
3. Restart Apache.

I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to find out why this fixes it, all the information you need can be found in the links above.