PHP - SSL certificate error: unable to get local issuer certificate

Question

I\'m running PHP Version 5.6.3 as part of XAMPP on Windows 7.

When I try to use the Mandrill API, I\'m getting the following error:

Uncaught e

Answer 1

Disclaimer: This code makes your server insecure.

I had the same problem in Mandrill.php file after line number 65 where it says $this->ch = curl_init();

Add following two lines:

curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
curl_setopt($this->ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);

This solved my problem and also sent email using localhost but I suggest to NOT use it on live version live. On your live server the code should work without this code.