PHP MySQL over SSL. Peer certificate did not match

Question

I\'m trying to use Google Cloud SQL over SSL from GCE(Google Compute Engine) instance. My problem is that I cannot connect to Cloud SQL instance over SSL.

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Answer 1

I had the same problem with a MySQL database hosted at compose cluster.

After searching and testing for hours, I found out that the best solution is to disable testing the certificate provided by the server by using the MYSQLI_CLIENT_SSL_DONT_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT flag.

I haven't tested it with PDO but with the mysqli interface it is working for me. In general this problem would appear with a database hosted at a cluster server.