Configuring PHP OpenSSL on Windows

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∟Configuring PHP OpenSSL on Windows

This section provides a tutorial example on how to install and configure the PHP OpenSSL module on Windows systems. PHP OpenSSL is provided as a DLL file called php_openssl.dll.

If you want to write your own PHP program to communicate with an HTTPS Web server, you should install a PHP module to help you. Currently, the best PHP module for HTTPS communication is the OpenSSL module.

Here what I did to install and configure the OpenSSL module on my Windows system:

1. Make sure I have PHP installed properly:

herong> \local\php\php -version

PHP 7.0.2 (cli) (built: Jan  6 2016 13:05:11) ( ZTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies

2. Make sure the OpenSSL module DLL file is included in the PHP installation:

herong> dir \local\php\ext\php_openssl.dll

01/06/2016  02:01 PM            91,136 php_openssl.dll

3. Create the PHP configuration file, \local\php\php.ini, if it does not exist:

herong> copy \local\php\php.ini-production \local\php\php.ini

        1 file(s) copied.

4. Enable the OpenSSL module by editing the configuration file with a text editor. You need to remove the comment maker (;) on two configuration lines:

...

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
; http://php.net/extension-dir
; extension_dir = "./"
; On windows:
extension_dir = "ext"

...
extension=php_openssl.dll

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