XAMPP - CURL SSL Setup

To fix the SSL certificate error message "SSL certificate error: unable to get local issuer certificate" try this:

• Download the cert to the PHP instalation folder.
  • Manualy:
    • Download: http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem
    • Copy the file cacert.pem into the directory: C:\xampp\php\extras\ssl\
  • With wget: wget http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem -P C:\xampp\php\extras\ssl\

• Open c:\xampp\php\php.ini with Notepad++
• Search for the [curl] section
• Add the following lines:

[curl]
; A default value for the CURLOPT_CAINFO option. This is required to be an
; absolute path.
curl.cainfo="C:\xampp\php\extras\ssl\cacert.pem"
openssl.cafile="C:\xampp\php\extras\ssl\cacert.pem"

• Stop / start Apache