Req #70038 [Fbk->Opn]: peer verification needs to be a global option

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70038&edit=1 ID: 70038 User updated by: spam2 at rhsoft dot net Reported by: spam2 at rhsoft dot net Summary: peer verification needs to be a global option -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Streams related PHP Version: 5.6.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68344 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-07-10 10:09:43] requinix@php.net What part of this can't be solved with stream_context_set_default()? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-07-10 09:23:04] spam2 at rhsoft dot net Description: ------------ it's nice that you can disable certificate-verification for file_get_contents stream_context_create() and pass the context as param BUT BECAUSE EVERY function in php supports the stream-wrappers this is completly inconsistent (https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68344) and not useable in real life applications which may run as clone in testing environments you hardly want to place stream_context_create() all over your codebase and HONESTLY if 3rd party libraries are part of the game YOU CAN NOT DO that in many cases and so you NEED a GLOBAL configuration parameter to disable the verification via per-directory, php.ini or inside the application like if($config['debug_mode']) ini_set('peer_verification', 0); it's unbelieveable that after the 5.4 disaster changing the default charset with no global option and re-write and re-test some undret thousand LOC now ith 5.6 "default_charset" two major releases that fallout was fixed while in the same major release the major mistake was repeated with peer verification ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70038&edit=1