note 120169 added to function.curl-setopt-array

Once upon a time I've got an error like "Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)". Since what I was doing was pretty much an administrative task with no actual security issues involved, I decided to disallow certificate validation and this is where the most interesting stuff began. First I did it like this and it worked: curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0); Next I thought, "But hey, I don't want any hardcoded stuff here. Let's use it in a configurable way!". And so I did something like this: // in configuration $CURL_OPTIONS = array(CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => 0, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => 0); ........... // in place of two direct calls from earlier curl_setopt_array($ch, $CURL_OPTIONS); And I was so happy, there was no error anymore... and do you think I was happy for a long time? If so, then you're wrong. It stopped giving an error, while it didn't start to work! I checked the actual data but they were allright. Then I thought: "Is it the curl_setopt_array() problem? Let's make it a cycle." The way it is mentioned in this help, actually. foreach ($CURL_OPTIONS as $name => $value) { curl_setopt($ch, $name, $value); } And... it did not work the same way as with the curl_setopt_array() call. And the data were still allright... So, if by chance you can't set CURL options with the curl_setopt_array() call, then now you know what to do and you know it is definitely not you who is to blame. P.S. By the way, the configuration used was: Linux i-ween.com 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.73-2+deb7u3 x86_64 PHP Version 5.5.17 ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 134.249.136.178 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt-array.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/120169 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120169/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120169/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120169/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120169/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120169/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120169/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/120169 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/120169 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php