# File\_get\_contents(): SSL error
**URL:** https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/file-get-contents-ssl-error/34106
**Category:** Hosting Support
**Created:** [August 7, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/file-get-contents-ssl-error/34106 "2020-08-07T21:42:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@anon46231007](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon46231007)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/file-get-contents-ssl-error/34106/1 "2020-08-07T21:42:02Z")
Hello
There is new error I get each time I uses
file\_get\_contents() for any SSL URL
My username
epiz\_24927975
Website url
[http://yanivhatulim.rf.gd/test.php](http://yanivhatulim.rf.gd/test.php)
### Error Message
**Warning** : file\_get\_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls\_process\_server\_certificate:certificate verify failed in **/home/vol8\_7/epizy.com/epiz\_24927975/htdocs/test.php** on line **3**
**Warning** : file\_get\_contents(): Failed to enable crypto in **/home/vol8\_7/epizy.com/epiz\_24927975/htdocs/test.php** on line **3**
**Warning** : file\_get\_contents([Bitcoin (BTC) Price | BTC to USD Price and Live Chart](https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin?foo=btc)): failed to open stream: operation failed in **/home/vol8\_7/epizy.com/epiz\_24927975/htdocs/test.php** on line **3**
### test.php Code:
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### Author:  [@anon99413185](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon99413185)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/file-get-contents-ssl-error/34106/2 "2020-08-08T02:53:43Z")
Maybe related to this problem:
> [@PHPMailer Suddenly Stopped working](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/phpmailer-suddenly-stopped-working/33986/4):
>
> We upgraded OpenSSL on our servers a few days ago. This may have resulted in SSL for SMTP breaking. I’m going to do some investigation into this. The provided SMTPOptions are a good workaround until then. Please note that you should AVOID such SMTPOptions as much as possible, because fixing SSL issues by disabling most SSL security features is NOT a good solution.
This is the temporary/permanent solution:
> [@Cannot Alter PHP Config](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/cannot-alter-php-config/33971/8):
>
> You try to get external contents with HTTPS URL via that function. Maybe [CA bundle](https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration56.openssl.php) in the hosting wasn’t setup correctly. You can get around this problem by writing a custom function that uses curl, as in: function file\_get\_contents\_curl( $url ) { $ch = curl\_init(); curl\_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT\_AUTOREFERER, TRUE ); curl\_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT\_HEADER, 0 ); curl\_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT\_RETURNTRANSFER, 1 ); curl\_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT\_URL, $url ); curl\_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT\_FOLLOWLOCATION, TR…
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### Author:  [@TigerMANEK426](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/TigerMANEK426)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/file-get-contents-ssl-error/34106/3 "2020-08-08T18:30:57Z")
Welcome!
There is a solution on here on how to prevent this problem:
> [@SSL operation failed with code 1 (ReCaptcha)](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ssl-operation-failed-with-code-1-recaptcha/34068/3):
>
> I use a library to perform this. Thanks for your response, I will try your fix +1
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### Author:  [@anon46231007](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon46231007)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/file-get-contents-ssl-error/34106/4 "2020-08-11T16:45:42Z")
got it thank you
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/file-get-contents-ssl-error/34106/5 "2020-08-26T16:45:50Z")
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