cURL requires CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER=FALSE

Question

I was using cURL on my localhost for the longest time and all the sudden I noticed it no longer works unless I explictly set the option, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER=

Answer 1

If you are using WampServer, notice this:

You must put the absolute path in CURLOPT_CAINFO, for example:

curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CAINFO, 'C:\wamp\www\your-project\cacert.pem')

Don't use relative path: curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_CAINFO, 'cacert.pem') because it doesn’t work.