You must enable the openssl extension to download files via https

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I wanted to install Zend Framework 2  So I downloaded the skeleton application  As mentioned in the ZF2 manual  we have to issue the command   php composer phar install    Inside the skeleton    But I m getting an error      You must enable the openssl extension to download files via https   Then I enabled the ssl module in my wamp  I checked the php ini file and I can see the following line     extension php openssl dll   Still I m getting the same error  Anybody having any clue what I missed out

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make sure you have correct path to extension folder     extension dir    ext    by default it is commented with   character

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The Valery s answer helped me  https   stackoverflow com a 14265815 492457     WAMP uses different php ini files in the CLI and for Apache  when you   enable php openssl through the WAMP UI  you enable it for Apache  not   for the CLI  You need to modify C  wamp bin php php-5 4 3 php ini to   enable it for the CLI

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I have faced this problem  but configuging openssl  also for cli  did not help   I have updated composer and this sloved my problem   Just type     php composer phar self-update   or    composer selfupdate   Good luck

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You need to enable  extension php openssl dll  in both files  php and apache   my pc files path are these     C  wamp bin php php5 3 13 php ini C  wamp bin apache apache2 2 22 bin php ini

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PHP CLI SAPI is using different php ini than CGI or Apache module    Find line  extension php openssl dll in wamp bin php php       php ini  and uncomment it by removing the semicolon     from the beginning of the line

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Verify you are editing the correct php ini file   Reference  https   github com composer composer issues 1440   WAMP uses different php ini files in the CLI and for Apache  when you enable php openssl through the WAMP UI  you enable it for Apache  not for the CLI  You need to modify C  wamp bin php php-X Y Z php ini to enable it for the CLI

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I had to uncomment extension openssl in php ini file for everything to work

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Uttam  if your issue is not solved then try the follwoing 3 step approach  It worked for me as I had exactly same issue    step1  click on wamp tray icon   step2  goto menu apache- apache modules  step3  click on menu item  ssl module   it will automatically restart wamp  if wamp not restarted automatically then restart it through wamp tray menu-  Restart All services  After restart confirm that  ssl module  coming as ticked under menu apache- apache modules  after that just attempt the php composer phar install  from going through the response shared by you  php ini file contains extension php openssl dll and the php ext directory also have file  php openssl dll   good luck

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I use XAMPP   In C  xampp php php ini  the entry for openssl did not exist  so I added  extension php openssl dll  on line 989  and composer worked

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Make sure that you update your php ini for CLI  For my case this was C  wamp bin php php5 4 3 php ini and uncomment extension php openssl dll line

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Late answer but adding so other can learn the reason    You also need to edit the php ini file in the  wamp bin php php-X Y Z  location

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I also had the same issue while playing around Zend Framework 2 and composer  I m using PHP 5 4  installed via macports  and my solution was to install openssl for PHP 5 4 via macports as well     sudo port install php54-openssl

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Becareful if you are using wamp don t use the wamp ui to enable the extension php openssl dll   just go to your php directory   for example   C  wamp bin php php5 4 12 and edit the php ini and uncomment the extension php openssl dll   it should work

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