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PHP openssl_get_cert_locations() Function

The openssl_get_cert_locations() function is an in-built function in PHP which is used to get certificate location. This function returns an array with information about the available certificate locations that will be searched for SSL certificates.

Syntax:

array openssl_get_cert_locations( void )

Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter.

Return Value: This function returns an array with the available certificate locations.

Below program illustrates the openssl_get_cert_locations() function in PHP:

Example:

PHP




<?php
  
var_dump(openssl_get_cert_locations());
  
// openssl get cert location represent in array
return openssl_get_cert_locations();
  
?>


Output:

array(8) {
 ["default_cert_file"]=>
 string(21) "/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem"
 ["default_cert_file_env"]=>
 string(13) "SSL_CERT_FILE"
 ["default_cert_dir"]=>
 string(18) "/usr/lib/ssl/certs"
 ["default_cert_dir_env"]=>
 string(12) "SSL_CERT_DIR"
 ["default_private_dir"]=>
 string(20) "/usr/lib/ssl/private"
 ["default_default_cert_area"]=>
 string(12) "/usr/lib/ssl"
 ["ini_cafile"]=>
 string(0) ""
 ["ini_capath"]=>
 string(0) ""
}

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.openssl-get-cert-locations.php

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