curl php ssl connection timeout

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I found this code in the internet and I modified it for my use, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here, I'm getting this error Curl error: SSL connection timeout The login part is successful, but the search isn't working with me. can somebody help me with it please? ``` <?php //create array of data to be posted $post_data['username'] = 'user'; $post_data['password'] = 'log'; $post_data['cmd'] = 'log'; //create array of data to be posted foreach ( $post_data as $key => $value) { $post_items[] = $key . '=' . $value; } //create the final string to be posted using implode() $post_string = implode ('&', $post_items); //create cURL connection $curl_connection = curl_init('https://sie.com'); //set options ///curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 3990); curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)"); curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array( 'Connection: Keep-Alive', 'Keep-Alive: 300' )); curl_setopt($curl_…

Accepted Answer

Try adding this (But don't leave this option set in production!):

```
curl_setopt($curl_connection, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
```

If it works afterwards, it is because CURL is failing to negotiate the SSL Certificate.

Follow this tutorial for steps on how to obtain the CA cert: http://unitstep.net/blog/2009/05/05/using-curl-in-php-to-access-https-ssltls-protected-sites/

Something else to look into is, before your curl_exec(), `curl_copy_handle();` and then set additional parameters.

Additionally, or alternatively, you could re-initiate cURL with `curl_init($url);`.

curl php ssl connection timeout

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