# SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [October 19, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate/100363 "2024-10-19T05:24:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuperGamer474](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/supergamer474/32/50650_2.png) [@SuperGamer474](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/SuperGamer474)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate/100363/1 "2024-10-19T05:24:50Z")
### Website URL [https://supergamer474.rf.gd/tools/html-url](https://supergamer474.rf.gd/tools/html-url) cURL link: [https://short-links.rf.gd](https://short-links.rf.gd) (Specifically [https://short-links.rf.gd/create.php?long-url=base64-encoded-url&custom-ending=custom](https://short-links.rf.gd/create.php?long-url=base64-encoded-url&custom-ending=custom)) ### Error Message Error while shortening the URL: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate ### Other Information **html-url.php** ```php HTML to URL Converter

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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate/100363/2 "2024-10-19T05:44:42Z")
Sounds like this > [@SSL checker shows "certificate not trusted" warning](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/warning-the-certificate-is-not-trusted-in-all-web-browsers/49697/): > > When you check your InfinityFree SSL certificate with online SSL checker tools, you might see a warning like this: The certificate is not trusted in all web browsers. You may need to install an Intermediate/chain certificate to link it to a trusted root certificate. This warning sounds scary, but it’s actually not a problem for your website visitors. What this warning means for your site You can safely ignore this warning. Your site will work perfectly fine with HTTPS for virtually all mode… ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate/100363/3 "2024-10-19T09:56:41Z")
It’s that, but more importantly, it’s this: > [@Ensuring only web browsers can access your website](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ensuring-only-web-browsers-can-access-your-website/49353): > > InfinityFree is a website hosting service. That means that the hosting accounts we provided are intended for hosting websites. Websites contain pages that are accessed through web browsers. InfinityFree is not intended to be used for file sharing, API hosting, database hosting or background tasks/tools. To help enforce this, free hosting enforces a security system that makes sure that anyone trying to access your website is using a normal web browser. This is done by checking whether the web br… Also, please note that URL shorteners are frowned upon on our hosting. Spammers love using URL shorteners to hide their spam/scam content behind other people’s domain names. I can see how this is a cool project to build and show, but please think very carefully before you want to expose this to the world. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate/100363/4 "2024-10-26T09:57:40Z")
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