How to ignore invalid and self signed ssl connection errors with curl

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To ignore invalid SSL certificate warnings and self-signed certificate errors when using curl, you can use the following options:

curl --insecure https://example.com

The --insecure option allows curl to connect to an SSL server with an invalid or self-signed certificate. However, this option makes the connection vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, so it should be used with caution.

Alternatively, you can also set the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER and CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST options to 0 when using the curl library in your code:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);

This will disable the peer and host verification for SSL certificates, effectively ignoring invalid and self-signed SSL certificates. Again, this should be used with caution, as it can make your connection vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.

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