How to get file_get_contents() to work with HTTPS?
To allow https wrapper:
- the
php_opensslextension must exist and be enabled allow_url_fopenmust be set toon
In the php.ini file you should add this lines if not exists:
extension=php_openssl.dllallow_url_fopen = On
Try the following script to see if there is an https wrapper available for your php scripts.
$w = stream_get_wrappers();echo 'openssl: ', extension_loaded ('openssl') ? 'yes':'no', "\n";echo 'http wrapper: ', in_array('http', $w) ? 'yes':'no', "\n";echo 'https wrapper: ', in_array('https', $w) ? 'yes':'no', "\n";echo 'wrappers: ', var_export($w);the output should be something like
openssl: yeshttp wrapper: yeshttps wrapper: yeswrappers: array(11) { [...]}
$url= 'https://example.com';$arrContextOptions=array( "ssl"=>array( "verify_peer"=>false, "verify_peer_name"=>false, ), ); $response = file_get_contents($url, false, stream_context_create($arrContextOptions));This will allow you to get the content from the url whether it is a HTTPS