Here is a simple PHP script that opens an SSL socket ready to send HTTP requests:

$ contextOptions = array ();

$ socketUrl = 'ssl: //google.com: 443';
$ streamContext = stream_context_create ($ contextOptions);
$ socket = stream_socket_client ($ socketUrl, $ errno, $ errstr, 30, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT, $ streamContext);

if (! $ socket || $ errno! == 0) {
    var_dump ($ socket, $ errstr);
    exit
}

var_dump ($ socket);
exit ('Socket created.');

This works - I just tested it, but the validity of the CA repository is not verified.

We can change that script to use PHP SSL context options :

$ contextOptions = array (
    'ssl' => array (
        'cafile' => 'C: \ xampp \ cacerts.pem',
        'CN_match' => '* .google.com', // CN_match will only be checked if 'verify_peer' is set to TRUE. See https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47030.
        'verify_peer' => TRUE,
    )
);

$ socketUrl = 'ssl: //google.com: 443';
$ streamContext = stream_context_create ($ contextOptions);
$ socket = stream_socket_client ($ socketUrl, $ errno, $ errstr, 30, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT, $ streamContext);

if (! $ socket || $ errno! == 0) {
    var_dump ($ socket, $ errstr);
    exit
}

var_dump ($ socket);
exit ('Socket created.');

As long as there is a cafile and has a valid CA, this example also works ...

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