OpenSSL Error messages: error:14095126 unexpected eof while reading

Question

Description
This error:

file_get_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14095126:SSL routines:ssl3_read_n:unexpected eof while reading

returns when:

$file = file_get_contents($url['url'], false, stream_context_create($arrContextOptions));

Steps to Reproduce

Video to download:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5NzAksjfDI

Extract the video id:

$video_id = $yt->extractVideoId(implode($url));

Get the downloadable url

$links = $yt->getDownloadLinks($video_id, $selector = 'video');

Get the array key for the specified video quality etc.

$arrayindex = array_search('mp4, video, 1080p, audio', array_column($links, 'format'));

Set $url to array

$url = $links[$arrayindex];

Disable SSL

$arrContextOptions=array( "ssl"=>array( "verify_peer"=>false, "verify_peer_name"=>false, ), );

Get the file from the url

$video = file_get_contents($url['url'], false, stream_context_create($arrContextOptions));

Send the video back to front end

return view('convert', [ 'url' => $url['url'], 'quality' => $url['format'], ]);

Expected behavior:
The video gets downloaded
Actual behavior:

I get this error:

file_get_contents(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14095126:SSL routines:ssl3_read_n:unexpected eof while reading

The code stops.

Version
The latest version of:
https://github.com/Athlon1600/youtube-downloader/blob/master/src/YouTubeDownloader.php

Additional Information
This code is in the laravel framework, the code here is in the UrlController. This is a local development server, this error also shows up when the firewall is disabled. All the functions used in my code are in the YouTubeDownloader.php file

Answer 1

I had a similar problem.I suspect you are using Xampp-Windows-7.4.5.In that case file_get_contents() function gives the SSL error on laravel.It works on simple(core) php on my side though.

Things You Can Try.

1. Use Curl instead of file_get_contents().You can create a custom function that would work in the same manner(with SSL enabled) like so.

function file_get_content_curl ($url) 
{
    // Throw Error if the curl function does'nt exist.
    if (!function_exists('curl_init'))
    { 
        die('CURL is not installed!');
    }

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $Url);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
    $output = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    return $output;
}

Then you can call the function like this.

$data = file_get_content_curl($url);
$save = file_put_contents($path, $data);

2. Disable/Uninstall Skpye.As skpye uses port 80/443(https) ,if you are using apache on port 80 try switching to port 8080 or uninstalling skpye if you dont use it.That might also solve your issue.

3. Downgrade to Xampp-Windows-7.2.3 if you want to use file_get_contents() function.This also solved the issue for me.