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\
- Manualy:
- Open
c:\xampp\php\php.ini
with Notepad++