SSL/TLS protection requires openssl extension

Question

composer create-project flarum/flarum . --stability=beta

I tried running this command but it gave me this error.

[RuntimeException]
  The openssl extension is required for SSL/TLS protection but is not available
  le. If you can not enable the openssl extension, you can disable this error
  , at your own risk, by setting the 'disable-tls' option to true.

I tried adding "extension=php_openssl.dll" to "php.ini" but I still get this error

Answer 1

This problem is caused by openssl and extension directories, so please uncomment the following extensions in the php.ini

file

extension=php_openssl.dll

extension_dir = "ext"

It works on my machine.

Answer 2

I also encountered the same error. I fixed the issue by turning off TLS for Composer, which wasn't secure, but I took the risk on my development machine.

Try this:

composer config -g -- disable-tls true

And re-run your Composer. This works for me!

But it is not secure and is not recommended for use with your server . The official website says:

If you don't want to enable the insecure layer in your computer/server, then set up your php to enable openssl and it will work too . Make sure you have the PHP Openssl extension installed and enabled in the php.ini file.

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

Linux/OSx:

extension=php_openssl.so

Windows：

extension=php_openssl.dll

Reload your php-fpm/web server if necessary!

renew:

Starting with PHP 7.4, the extension is extension=openssl (known in Windows).