You Must Enable the Openssl Extension to Download Files via Https

Mountain Lion Zend Install - You must enable the openssl extension to download files via https

I'd like to say there was an easy fix. My suggestion is to use homebrew, install everything, then make sure your php.ini is in the right spot (probably have to move it) and also that you change the permissions on local\openssl so that homebrew can write to it. Eventually by moving php.ini around and installing php54 I was able to get it to work.

these are great resources

http://juniorgrossi.com/2013/working-with-multiple-php-versions-on-mac-os-x/

http://railsapps.github.io/openssl-certificate-verify-failed.html

The openssl extension is required for SSL/TLS protection

The same error occurred to me. I fixed it by turning off TLS for Composer, it's not safe but I assumed the risk on my develop machine.

try this:

composer config -g -- disable-tls true

and re-run your Composer. It works to me!

But it's unsecure and not recommended for your Server. The official website says:

If set to true all HTTPS URLs will be tried with HTTP instead and no network-level encryption is performed. Enabling this is a security risk and is NOT recommended. The better way is to enable the php_openssl extension in php.ini.

If you don't want to enable unsecure layer in your machine/server, then setup your php to enable openssl and it also works. Make sure the PHP Openssl extension has been installed and enable it on php.ini file.

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To enable OpenSSL, add or find and uncomment this line on your php.ini file:

Linux/OSx:

extension=php_openssl.so

Windows:

extension=php_openssl.dll

And reload your php-fpm / web-server if needed!

UPDATE:

As of PHP 7.4 the extension is named extension=openssl (known for Windows).

Composer Warning: openssl extension is missing. How to enable in WAMP

WAMP uses different php.ini files in the CLI and for Apache. when you enable php_openssl through the WAMP UI, you enable it for Apache, not for the CLI.
You need to modify C:\wamp\bin\php\php-5.4.3\php.ini to enable it for the CLI.

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