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April 3, 2015 at 9:16 pm

Lorenzo, I did the following:

1) Downloaded cacert.pem from your provided post link and uploaded it to /www/conf/ on my server.

2) Added the following to php.ini:

curl.cainfo=/www/conf/cacert.pem

3) Restarted Apache

I still have the problem. Here’s the IPN log file error:

Errors resulting from the execution of curl transfer: SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details:
error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed[04/03/2015 9:04 PM] – FAIL: IPN Validation Failed . /cgi-bin/webscr : http://www.paypal.com
IPN POST Vars from gateway:
mc_gross=0.30, protection_eligibility=Ineligible, item_number1=, tax=0.00, payer_id=L8MYPHSVWVV4Q, payment_date=20:04:06 Apr 03, 2015 PDT, payment_status=Completed, charset=windows-1252, mc_tax1=0.00, mc_shipping=0.00, mc_handling=0.00, first_name=William P, mc_fee=0.30, notify_version=3.8, custom=, payer_status=verified, business=executivedirector@elpasocountybar.org, num_cart_items=1, mc_handling1=0.00, verify_sign=AHwMiLGRIf3Mua.KaiPDYShp2o6XAkm0fmuhKTMz9Yn5nlLCdG6v9yIx, payer_email=patriley@ezinger.com, mc_shipping1=0.00, tax1=0.00, txn_id=3DM90981J4097034J, payment_type=instant, payer_business_name=Digital Personalities, last_name=Riley, item_name1=General Admission for Bench & Bar Luncheon Attendee: Billy Riley, receiver_email=executivedirector@elpasocountybar.org, payment_fee=0.30, quantity1=1, receiver_id=RNPP758RUEW6C, txn_type=cart, mc_gross_1=0.30, mc_currency=USD, residence_country=US, transaction_subject=, payment_gross=0.30, ipn_track_id=c0d6609b29be2,
IPN Response from gateway Server:

Did I do the above correctly?

Alternatively, is there a code hack I can add to bypass this SSL check (worthless as this is not a secure domain)?

Thanks.

April 3, 2015 at 9:24 pm

Also, this was working up to about 10 days ago in the same event. I’ve not changed any settings. Is there a reason this once worked without a cacert.pem file installed?

April 6, 2015 at 3:54 pm

Tony, thanks. I found this “fix” which which works fine for me as this is not an SSL site:

add:
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

to Paypal.php:
…/wp-content/plugins/event-espresso/gateways/paypal/Paypal.php
line before calling curl_exec statement (currently before line 107)

I hope this may be useful to others.