hi, On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:00 AM, inhahe <inhahe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm running phpBB3, and when it tries to send an email I get this error: > SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed > > I tried getting help in #phpbb and on their message board, but nobody could > help me. I think this is probably more a problem with my PHP setup than with > phpBB3 specifically anyway. > > The line that it reports the error at is this: > > $smtp->socket = fsockopen($config['smtp_host'], $config['smtp_port'], > $errno, $errstr, 20); > > Could that be an actual OpenSSL/certificate issue, or does that just mean > that php can't open internet sockets? > > Someone suggested to me that maybe the server uses a self-signed certificate Most like yes,this is what the message says: error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed the verification failed, not the reading of the certificate (as in network issues). > or that the certificate doesn't exist on my Windows box, but the server is > AT&T - specifically outbound.att.net - wouldn't that be big enough that I > wouldn't have those problems? Also, I've gotten this problem with several > other SMTP servers I've tried. I've never been able to connect to a single > one out of about 5-6 I tried, with dozens of variations of connection > settings, though error messages varied.. I've gotten about 5 different error > messages, though "certificate verify failed" was by far the most common. > > Should I try to get the server's certificate somehow and put that in my > system manually? If so, how do I get the server's certificate and how do I > put it in my system? If it is not self signed but your local certificate storage is not up to date, you can update it. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32019623/openssl-error-messages-error14090086ssl-routinesssl3-get-server-certificate for an example, be sure to take it only from curl. -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
