Description

Procedural style:

Object oriented style (method):

The function mysqli_ssl_set() is used for establishing secure connections using SSL. It must be called before mysqli_real_connect(). This function does nothing unless OpenSSL support is enabled.

key is the pathname to the key file. cert is the pathname to the certificate file. ca is the pathname to the certificate authority file. capath is the pathname to a directory that contains trusted SSL CA certificates in pem format. cipher is a list of allowable ciphers to use for SSL encryption. Any unused SSL parameters may be given as NULL

Return Values

This function always returns TRUE value. If SSL setup is incorrect mysqli_real_connect() will return an error when you attempt to connect.

See Also

mysqli_options() and mysqli_real_connect().