[web-news] master: Allow for posting with self-signed certificates

Author: Derick Rethans (derickr) Date: 2026-03-27T11:45:14Z Commit: https://github.com/php/web-news/commit/5d8bd51b1dc74bfe88fa0485f898e2c3a68bff40 Raw diff: https://github.com/php/web-news/commit/5d8bd51b1dc74bfe88fa0485f898e2c3a68bff40.diff Allow for posting with self-signed certificates Changed paths: M lib/common.php Diff: diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php index 8c680fc..750393d 100644 --- a/lib/common.php +++ b/lib/common.php @@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ function posttohost($url, $data) 'header' => 'Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'content' => $data, ]; + $sslOpts = [ + 'allow_self_signed' => true, // this connects internally + 'verify_peer_name' => false, // our self-signed cert is for 'php.net' + ]; - $ctx = stream_context_create(['http' => $opts]); + $ctx = stream_context_create(['http' => $opts, 'ssl' => $sslOpts]); return file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx); }