XMLReader SSL Version

Question

I have a legacy system using XMLReader to access a website and it recently started failing with this error:

Warning: XMLReader::open(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure
PHP Warning:  XMLReader::open(): Failed to enable crypto

From my understanding, the issue is that the website stopped accepting sslv3. I'm just wondering if there is a way to tell XMLReader to use a different SSL version, or would an update to OpenSSL be required? As mentioned its a legacy system and updating the packages isn't an easy process, so I'm trying to see if there is another way to go about fixing this.

Any input is appreciated.

Answer 1

You can try disabling SSL checking:

stream_context_set_default(['ssl' => ['verify_peer' => false, 'verify_peer_name' => false]]);