Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP mysqli_ssl_set() Function.
The built-in PHP mysqli_ssl_set() function establishes a secured connection by using SSL with MYSQL server.
The built-in PHP mysqli_ssl_set() function establishes a secured connection by using SSL with MYSQL server.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
mysqli_ssl_set($con, $key, $cert, $ca, $capath, $cipher);
Parameter Details
Sr.No | Parameter & Description |
---|---|
1 | con(Mandatory) This is an object representing a connection to MySQL Server. |
2 | key(Mandatory) This is a string variable representing the name of the path to the key file. |
3 | cert(Mandatory) This is a string variable representing the name of the certificate file. |
4 | ca(Mandatory) This is a string variable representing the name of the path to the certificate authority file. |
5 | capath(Mandatory) This is a string variable representing the name of the path to the directory containing the SSL CA certificates in PEM format. |
6 | cipher(Mandatory) List of ciphers that are allowed for the encryption. |
Return Value
This built-in PHP function returns true on success and false on failure.
PHP Version
This PHP function was first introduced in PHP version 5 and works in all the later versions.
Example1
The following below is an example which shows the usage of the mysqli_ssl_set() function (in a procedural style) -
<?php //Creating a connection $con = new mysqli("localhost", "root","password","test"); //Securing the connection $con->ssl_set("key.pem", "cert.pem", "cacert.pem", NULL, NULL); //Creating the connection $con = $con->real_connect("localhost","root","password","test"); if($con){ print("Connection Established Successfully"); }else{ print("Connection Failed ". mysqli_connect_error()); } ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Connection Established Successfully
Example2
In object oriented style the syntax of this built-in PHP function is $con->ssl_set(); The following is the example of this PHP function in object oriented style $minus;
<?php //Creating a connection $con = new mysqli("localhost", "root","password","test"); //Securing the connection $con->ssl_set("key.pem", "cert.pem", "cacert.pem", NULL, NULL); //Creating the connection $con = $con->real_connect("localhost","root","password","test"); if($con){ print("Connection Established Successfully"); }else{ print("Connection Failed ". mysqli_connect_error()); } ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Connection Established Successfully
Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP mysqli_stat() Function.
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